Abdul Karim Brahui

Abdul Karim Brahui (born: 1955, in Chahar Burjak District, Nimroz Province) is a politician in Afghanistan. He is the current Governor of Nimroz Province and has served previously as a minister in the Cabinet of Afghanistan. From February 2009 to August 2010, Brahui served as the Minister of Refugees. In 2004, Brahui was appointed Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs.
During the 1980s he was a leader of the mujahideen forces in Nimroz (the Nimruz Front). When the Taliban seized Nimroz in 1995, Karim Brahui and his troops withdrew across the border to neighboring Baluchistan Province of Iran, and Hamidullah Niyazmand was made governor of the province at the time. Following the 2001 defeat of the Taliban, Karim Brahui returned again became the governor.
Early years
Brahui was born in the Pedehgee village of Chahar Burjak District of Nimroz Province in 1955. He is the son of Mohammad Mobin and belongs to the Brahui Baluch (Mohammad Hassani tribe)...