Haji Din Mohammad

Hajji Aziz ullah Din Mohammad حاجي عزيزالله دين محمد
Deputy of High Peace Council and advisor of the President of Afghanistan
In office July 2002 – Present
Preceded by	Hajji Abdul Qadir
In office Governor of Kabul Province in Afghanistan August 2005 – 2009 July
Personal details
Born	1953 Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Profession	Politician
Religion	Islam

Hajji Din Mohammad is a politician, writer and a Pashtun tribal leader in eastern Afghanistan who first served as the Governor of Nangarhar Province followed by Governor of Kabul Province. He comes from a distinguished Pashtun family "Arsala" which has served the Afghan nation for more than 150 years. "Arsala" family is part of the "JabarKhel"(a subtribe of the land-owning Ahmadzai tribe).He is also the elder brother of late Hajji Abdul Qadir and Abdul Haq His great-grandfather, Wazir Arsala Khan, served as Foreign Minister of Afghanistan in 1869. One of Arsala Khan's descendents, Taj Mohammad Khan, was a general at the Battle of Maiwand. Another descendent, Abdul Jabbar Khan, was Afghanistan’s first Ambassador to Russia.

Din Mohammad was born in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. His father, Amanullah khan, served as a district administer in various parts of the country. Two of his uncles, Mohammad Rafiq Khan and Haji Zaman Khan, were members of the 7th session of the Afghan Parliament which worked to expand the rights of ordinary citizens under the monarchy.

Din Mohammad’s brothers Abdul Haq and Hajji Abdul Qadir were Mujahideen commanders who fought against the Communist Red Army during the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan. Din Mohammad served as the deputy of the Hezbi Islami Party of Mohammad Yunus Khalis.Not Hizb Islami of Hikmatyar. He served as the Minister of National Security in Afghanistan’s Interim Government in Exile during the 1990s and as Minister of Education in the Mujahideen Government which was established after the collapse of the Communist government. He also served as Deputy Prime Minister in the same period, but resigned when infighting erupted among the rival factions of Ahmad Shah Massoud and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

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