Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Afghanistan)


The Afghan Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation is the Afghan Government Ministry in charge of the management of air and ground transportation, operation of airports and the national airline, as well as numerous other state-owned enterprises engaged in the transport business. the minister is Hamidullah Akhundzada.
It is headquartered in Ansari Watt, Kabul.
During the Afghan Interim Administration, Afghanistan had one minister for Transport and one minister for Civil Aviation & Tourism. In 2004, during the presidency of Hamid Karzai, the post of minister for Civil Aviation & Tourism was abolished. The minister of Transport became responsible for Civil Aviation and the Minister of Information and culture became responsible for Tourism.
Under the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the ministry has outsourced operation of Afghanistan's airspace and airports to the United Arab Emirates firm GAAC Holding.

Ministers

Former Minister of Transportation and Civil Aviation :
Deputy Minister of Transport and Aviation:
Deputy Minister of Transport and Aviation Financial Affairs:
  • Hafiz Siddiqullah Abdid
Deputy Ministers:
Technical and Operations:
  • Cptn. Said Mehdi Saidi, Saeedi
Planning and Policy:
  • Mohammad Aminullah Batash
Administration and Ressources:
  • Ghulam Ali Rasikh ;
Deputy of the Ministry of Transport, Finance and Administration:
  • Mrs. Fawzia Ehsani
Deputy Transport and Civil Aviation Minister:
  • Hamid Zahir
Deputy minister, Raz Mohammad Ilmi, and deputy minister of transport, Abdul Hafiz, were arrested over allegations of corruption