Munshi Abdul Majid

Munshi Abdul Majid (Pashto: منشي عبدالمجید‎; born 1952) is an Afghan politician. He is an ethnic Pashtun from Baghlan Province.[1] In the 1990s he served as an official in the Afghan Interior Ministry; he is also known as a writer and orator in Persian and Pashto.

Munshi Abdul Majid منشي عبدالمجید
Munshi Abdul Majid speaking in June 2011
Governor of Badakshan
In office 2006–2009
Preceded by	Sayed Amin Tareq
Succeeded by	Baz Mohammad Ahmadi
Governor of Baghlan
In office April 2010 – 19 September 2012
Preceded by	Mohammad Akbar Barakzai
Succeeded by	Sultan Mohammad Ebadi
Personal details
Born	1952 Baghlan Province, Afghanistan
Political party	Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin

In 2005 he was appointed governor of Badakhshan Province, where in 2007 he led a successful opium eradication campaign. The opium poppy cultivation zones were reduced to 200 hectares, whereas they had reached 15,607 hectares in 2004. However, the fall of opium prices might have also played an important part in this decrease. In addition, the eradication campaign caused a worsening of the security situation in Badakhshan. In April 2009, protests erupted over Governor Majid's alleged abuse of power, and he was removed from his post. In 2010, he was appointed governor of Baghlan Province.[2]

Governor Majid is a high-ranking member of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin, and he is allegedly involved in strengthening the party and rebuilding its communications network across the country.[1] He is close to fellow Hezb-e-Islami member Juma Khan Hamdard.[2]

Notes

1. http://www.cmi.no/pdf/?file=/afghanistan/doc/Baharak%20Conflict%20Analysis%20Feb%2009%20%282%29.pdf
2. "Province: Baghlan" (PDF). Naval Postgraduate School. June 1, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-21.