Shah Mahmood Safi

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Shah Mahmood Safi was the Governor of Laghman in Laghman Province located in eastern Afghanistan. [1]

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References

  1. Zawab, Ezatullah; Abdul Samad Rohani (2006). "London Conference to Focus on Counter-Narcotic". Pajhwok Afghan News. Officials have been working in tandem with religious elders from all the districts who have promised to fight the drugs menace. Laghman governor Shah Mahmood Safi said clerics have been mobilised to convince farmers to destroy the poppy crops at mosque sermons.