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Mohammad Afzal (other)
Mohammad Afzal is the name of: * Mawlawi Afzal, Mawlawi Mohammad Afzal (c. 1925–2012), jihadi leader of Nuristan in the 1980s and 1990s * Mohammad Afzal (Emirati cricketer) (born 1973), Emirati cricketer * Mohammad Afzal (Hyderabad cricketer) (born 1955), Pakistani cricketer of the 1970s and 1980s * Mohammad Afzal (Multan cricketer) (born 1955), Pakistani cricketer of the 1980s and 1990s * Mohammad Afzal (politician) (1913–2008), Pakistani politician and judge * Afzal Guru, Mohammad Afzal Guru (1969–2013), Kashmiri convicted of participating in the 2001 attacks on the Indian Parliament * Mohammad Afzal Khan (1811–1867), Emir of Afghanistan * Mohammad Anwar Afzal (born 1926), Afghan footballer See also * Muhammad Afzal (other) {{hndis, Afzal, Mohammad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mawlawi Afzal
Mawlawi Mohammad Afzal (born – 2012) was a Panjpiri-educated Afghan clergyman of the Kam tribe from Barg-i-Matal, Nuristan Province. He studied in Deoband, and later at Akora, Pakistan, before teaching at a madrassa in Karachi, and then in his native village of Badmuk. Following the Saur Revolution of 1978 in Afghanistan, Afzal established a Salafist mini-state in northern Nuristan, known as the Islamic Revolutionary State of Afghanistan, with consulates in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Though Nuristan was generally a mujahideen area, Afzal was among those leaders who were at least temporarily co-opted by the DRA communist government. In the 1980s, Afzal was among those Nuristani leaders who, after initially supporting him, expelled the southern Nuristan military leader Sarwar Nuristani, suspecting him of supporting the Communist government. With the arrival of the Taliban The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |