Mohamed Qanyare Afrah (Somali: Maxamed Qanyare Afrax) (born c. 1941), is a Somali warlord and politician who was based south of Mogadishu in the Daynile District. He served as Minister of Security in 2006 but was dismissed after ignoring calls by the Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi to stop fighting forces of the Islamist Courts.