Politics
From 2005 Mohammad Tamim Nuristani was governor of Nuristan Province but was fired by Afghan president Hamid Karzai in July 2008. His replacement as governor, Hazrat Din Noor, was killed in a car crash on September 5, 2008. He was replaced by Jamaluddin Badar. Mohammad Tamim Nuristani was reappointed governor in 2011.
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