Cabinet members
H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, presented his new Cabinet to Parliament on March 22, 2006. Nominations were approved by Parliament on April 20, and the new cabinet was sworn in on May 2, 2006.
- Hedayat Amin-Arsala - Senior Minister
- Dr. Rangeen Dadfar Spanta - Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Eng. Zarar Ahmad Muqbal - Minister of Interior
- General Abdul Raheem Wardak - Minister of Defense
- Dr. Zalmay Rasool National Security Advisor
- Mohammad Hanif Atmar - Minister of Education
- Dr. Anwar-Ul Haq Ahadi - Minister of Finance
- Muhammad Jalil Shams - Minister of Economy and Labor
- Nematullah Ehsan Jawed - Minister of Transport and Aviation
- Engineer Amirzai Sangeen - Minister of Communications
- Eng. Abrahim Adel - Minister of Mines
- General Mohammad Ismael - Minister of Water and Energy
- Dr. Suhrab Ali Safari - Minister of Public Works
- Engineer Yusuf Pashtun - Minister of Urban Development
- Obaidullah Ramin - Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation
- Mohammad Sarwar Danesh - Minister of Justice
- Dr. Mohammad Azam Dadfar - Minister of Higher Education
- Abdul Karim Khuram - Minister of Culture and Youth
- Dr. Sayed Mohmmad Amin Fatemi - Minister of Health
- Professor Neyamatullah Shahrani - Minister of Hajj
- Mohammad Karim Barahawi - Minister of Border Affairs
- Hosn Banu Ghazanfar - Minister of Women's Affairs
- Ustad Akbar Akbar - Minister of Refugees
- Noor Mohammad Qarquin - Minister of Disabled, Martyrs and Social Affairs
- Ehsan Zia - Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development
- Engineer Habibullah Qaderi - Minister of Counter-Narcotics
- Said Muhammad Amin Farhang - Minister of Commerce and Industries