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Lt General Rahmatullah Raufi (born 1946 in Wardak Province, Afghanistan)[1] is a former governor of Kandahar from August 2008 until he was sacked on December 4, 2008.[2] Before that he was a senior military commander of the Afghan National Army presently commanding the 205th Corps, which is responsible for Afghanistan's restive southern provinces.[1] He was the main Afghan commander of government forces in Operation Mountain Thrust.

He was replaced by Afghan-Canadian academic Tooryalai Wesa.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Kandahar governor to leave post".
  2. ^ "Kandahar Governor Rahmatullah Raufi fired". Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-04.
  3. ^ Rennine, Steve. Canadian Press, Appointment of Canadian to govern Kandahar confirmed[usurped], December 18, 2008
Preceded by Governor of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan
August 2008– December 2008 		Succeeded by


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