MEI - Taliban

Mullah Mohammad Farid Omar (a.k.a. Malwawi Qiam)

Governor

Maidan-Wardak Province

Ethinicity

Pashtun

Province

Kunar

District

Narai

Tribe

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Mullah Mohammad Farid Omar currently serves as Governor, Maidan-Wardak province since mid-October 2025. Previously, he was Chief of Police in Nangarhar province, a role he has held since March 2022. Before that, he served as Governor of Parwan province from September 2021 to February 2022. Mohammad Farid Omar is reportedly a close affiliate of the Haqqani Network. 

Ethinicity

Pashtun

Province

Kunar

District

Narai

Tribe

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