Hanif atmar biography templates
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's powerful former national-security adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar has announced plans to run in the April presidential.
Hanif Atmar has been in the center of Afghan politics and decision-making at the highest level in post-Taliban era..
Haneef Atmar
Afghan politician
Mohammad Haneef Atmar (Pashto: محمد حنیف اتمر; born 10 September 1968)[4] is an Afghan politician and former KhAD agent.[5] He served as the Minister of interior until he was removed from the Ministry by Hamid Karzai in the wake of attacks on the June 2010 Afghan Peace Jirga.[6][7] Before that he worked with several international humanitarian organisations and served as Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development and Minister of Education.
In 2011, he was part of the Right and Justice party. During his time in office, he has visited several countries to get funding to stabilise Afghanistan.
Atmar served as the National Security Advisor to Ashraf Ghani from 2014 to 2018, when he resigned due to disagreement with Ghani on certain issues.
In late 2018, Atmar announced his candidacy for the April 2019 presidential elections, indicating he firmly believes a peace deal with the Taliban is possible.[