Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal is Afghanistan's

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

 Minister of Economy, and the Head of Hizb-i Islami Afghanistan

Hizb-i Islami Afghanistan

Hizb-i Islami Afghanistan is a title claimed at various point by several Afghan political and militant groups. The groups are commonly referred to by the name of their leader, though the group itself may claim the term "Afghanistan."*Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin*Hezb-e Islami Khalis*Hezb-e-Islami...

. He was once allied with islamist warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar

Gulbuddin Hekmatyar is an Afghan Mujahideen leader who is the founder and leader of the Hezb-e Islami political party and paramilitary group. Hekmatyar was a rebel military commander during the 1980s Soviet war in Afghanistan and was one of the key figures in the civil war that followed the...

, but in 2008 he was elected chairman of a moderate breakaway faction of Hekmatyar's party

Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin

The Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin is an Afghan islamist political party.The original Hezb-e-Islami was founded in 1977 by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar who is now the head of HIG. The other faction is headed by Mulavi Younas Khalis who split with Hekmatyar and established his own Hezbi Islami in 1979...

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Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal earned a BA

Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 in economics, before working at the planning ministry in 1977. When the civil war broke out he fled to Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

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He has served as Finance Minister in 1996. Arghandiwal has also served as advisor to President Hamid Karzai

Hamid Karzai

Hamid Karzai, GCMG is the 12th and current President of Afghanistan, taking office on 7 December 2004. He became a dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001...

 over tribal affairs. On January 16, 2010, he was appointed as Minister of Economy by gaining vote of Confidence from the Afghan Parliament.