Rasul Pahlawan

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Rasul Pahlawan
رسول پهلوان
Born1950
DiedJune 1996
Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan
Cause of deathKilled in a ambush
NationalityAfghannistan
CitizenshipAfghanistan
Years active1970-1996
Political partyNational Islamic Movement of Afghanistan

General Rasul Pahlawan was an Uzbek military leader in Afghanistan, and the brother of Uzbek leader Abdul Malik Pahlawan.

Rasul Pahlawan was born in Faryab Province in northern parts of Afghanistan. In June 1996, he was killed in an ambush in Mazar-i-Sharif.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ MR Ahmed Rashid (13 April 2010). Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. Yale University Press. pp. 57–. ISBN 978-0-300-16368-1. Retrieved 24 November 2012.