Dawood Ali Najafi (Dari: داودعلی نجفی) (February 17, 1968) is a politician in Afghanistan. He is serving as Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, a position he held since June 2010. Son of Salman Ali, Najafi lived in Pakistan as an Afghan refugee. He received a MBBS from University of Balochistan and an MA in Islamic Studies from University of Peshawar. He also has some working experience with an agency of the United Nations in Pakistan. Najafi returned to Afghanistan in recent years to work for the government. He is fluent in Dari-Persian, Urdu, Pashto and English.[1][2] Najafi belongs to the Hazara ethnic group.[3]
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- ^ "The Afghanistan Analysts Network (AAN) / Parliament Completes the Cabinet – after two years". Afghanistan Analysts Network. 2010-01-02. Archived from the original on 2012-11-07. Retrieved 2012-05-09.
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