Habibullah Qaderi
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Engineer Habibullah Qaderi is the current Afghan Minister for Counter Narcotics, having served in that capacity since January 2004. Habibullah Qaderi was born in Kandahar province.
Qaderi left Afghanistan at the outbreak of war with the Soviet Union, spending time in Pakistan and India. Following the conclusion of his education, Qaderi worked with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in the Chaman, Lorlai, and Dalbandin refugee camps.
He returned to Afghanistan following the establishment of the interim Afghan Administration under President Hamid Karzai, initially as the senior advisor to the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation. Qaderi was appointed as the head of the Afghan Ministry of Counter Narcotics in January 2004, following the establishment of that Ministry in December 2003.
