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Special Envoy Ghazanfar Dies of COVID-19

Mohammad Yousuf Ghazanfar, President Ashraf Ghani’s Special Representative for Economic Development and Poverty Reduction, died from the coronavirus on Friday. He was under treatment at a hospital in Turkey.

President Ghani in a statement sent his condolences over Ghazanfar’s death.

Ghazanfar had endorsed President Ghani in the 2019 election.

Ghazanfar was member of the parliament from Balkh province in 2005 and was a member of the financial and budget committee of the Wolesi Jirga, Afghanistan’s parliament. He ran for parliamentary elections in 2010.

He was a shareholder of Ghazanfar Bank, a private bank in the country.

In 2010, he survived an armed attack in which his bodyguard was killed and three others were wounded.  

Ghazanfar was the most high-ranking government official to have died from the coronavirus.
 
President Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, called Ghazanfar a patriotic person who was for peace and unity in the country.
 
Ghazanfar was born in 1965 and was a well-known businessman.

Ghazanfar was laid to rest in his hometown Balkh province on Saturday.

Special Envoy Ghazanfar Dies of COVID-19

President Ghani in a statement sent his condolences over Ghazanfar’s death and called him a patriotic.

تصویر بندانگشتی

Mohammad Yousuf Ghazanfar, President Ashraf Ghani’s Special Representative for Economic Development and Poverty Reduction, died from the coronavirus on Friday. He was under treatment at a hospital in Turkey.

President Ghani in a statement sent his condolences over Ghazanfar’s death.

Ghazanfar had endorsed President Ghani in the 2019 election.

Ghazanfar was member of the parliament from Balkh province in 2005 and was a member of the financial and budget committee of the Wolesi Jirga, Afghanistan’s parliament. He ran for parliamentary elections in 2010.

He was a shareholder of Ghazanfar Bank, a private bank in the country.

In 2010, he survived an armed attack in which his bodyguard was killed and three others were wounded.  

Ghazanfar was the most high-ranking government official to have died from the coronavirus.
 
President Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, called Ghazanfar a patriotic person who was for peace and unity in the country.
 
Ghazanfar was born in 1965 and was a well-known businessman.

Ghazanfar was laid to rest in his hometown Balkh province on Saturday.

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