Abdul Karim Brahui (born 1955, in
Chahar Burjak District
Chahar Burjak District is a district of Nimruz Province in Afghanistan. At just under in area, it is the largest district in Afghanistan. The Kamal Khan Dam is located in this district.
The population of Chahar Burjak was reported in 2004 at ap ...
,
Nimruz Province
Nimruz or Nimroz (Dari: ; Balochi: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southwestern part of the country. It lies to the east of the Sistan and Baluchestan Province of Iran and north of Balochistan, Pakistan, also borde ...
) is a former
politician
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in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
. He last served as
Governor of Nimroz Province from 2010 to 2012, and before that he served as a minister in the
Cabinet of Afghanistan
The Cabinet of Afghanistan is the administrative body of the government of Afghanistan, responsible for day-to-day governance and the implementation of policy set by the Leadership. It is headed by the prime minister—who serves as the nation's ...
. From February 2009 to August 2010, Brahui served as
Minister of Refugees. In 2004, Brahui was appointed as
Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs.
Early years
Brahui was born in the Pedehgee village of
Chahar Burjak District
Chahar Burjak District is a district of Nimruz Province in Afghanistan. At just under in area, it is the largest district in Afghanistan. The Kamal Khan Dam is located in this district.
The population of Chahar Burjak was reported in 2004 at ap ...
of Nimruz Province in 1955. He is the son of Mohammad Mobin and belongs to the
Mohammad Hassani tribe, minority ethnic group of Afghanistan. He attended primary school in his hometown and graduated from Cadet School in 1973. He then attended Cadet College where he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1977 in the field of Weapons Technology and served in the
military of Afghanistan
("The land belongs to Allah, the rule belongs to Allah")
, founded = 1997
, current_form =
, branches =
* Afghan Army
* Afghan Air Force
, headquarters = Kabul
, website =
, commander-in-chief ...
. After the
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
, he left the military as many others did and joined the
mujahideen
''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' ( ar, مُجَاهِدِين, mujāhidīn), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' ( ar, مجاهد, mujāhid, strugglers or strivers or justice, right conduct, Godly rule, etc. doers of jihād), an Arabic term th ...
alliance.
Mujahideen commander and politician
During the 1980s he was a
mujahideen
''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' ( ar, مُجَاهِدِين, mujāhidīn), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' ( ar, مجاهد, mujāhid, strugglers or strivers or justice, right conduct, Godly rule, etc. doers of jihād), an Arabic term th ...
commander leading the
Nimruz Front Partisans of National Liberation of Afghanistan or Front of Nimruz was founded in 1979 in Nimruz province of Afghanistan by Abdul Karim Brahui and Gul Mohammad Rahimi.
It was a Baloch nationalist guerrilla group, representing the Baloch people ...
.
[Robert D. Crews, Amin Tarzi]
''The Taliban and the crisis of Afghanistan''
Harvard University Press, 2008. , 9780674026902. Pg 185-187
Following the collapse of
Najibullah's government, Brahui was appointed as Governor of Nimruz and the Commander of the 4th Brigade in the government of
Burhanuddin Rabbani
Burhānuddīn Rabbānī (Persian: ; 20 September 1940 – 20 September 2011) was an Afghanistani politician and teacher who served as President of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996 (in exile from 1996 to 2001).
Born in the Badakhshan Province, Ra ...
.
When the
Taliban
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under
Mullah Omar
Mullah Muhammad Omar (; –April 2013) was an Afghan Islamic revolutionary who founded the Taliban and served as the supreme leader of Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001.
Born into a religious family of Kandahar, Omar was educated at local '' ma ...
took control of Nimruz in 1995, Brahui and his troops fled to neighboring
Baluchistan Province
Balochistan (; bal, بلۏچستان; ) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southwestern region of the country, Balochistan is the largest province of Pakistan by land area but is the least populated one. It shares land ...
of
Iran
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. At that point
Hamidullah Niyazmand became governor of the province.
[ During the ]Afghan Interim Administration
The Afghan Interim Administration (AIA), also known as the Afghan Interim Authority, was the first administration of Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime and was the highest authority of the country from 22 December 2001 until 13 July ...
, Brahui was again appointed as the Governor of Nimruz and Commander of 4th Brigade.
In early 2009, militants attempted to kill Brahui in a suicide attack. In early 2011, Brahui again escaped unhurt in a remote-controlled bomb explosion. He was visiting an irrigation project on the Lashkari canal when his vehicle was hit with a remote control mine in the 2nd district of Zaranj
Zaranj or Zarang ( Persian/Pashto/ bal, زرنج) is a city in southwestern Afghanistan, near the border with Iran, which has a population of 160,902 people as of 2015. It is the capital of Nimruz Province and is linked by highways with Lashkarga ...
, near the Darul Ulam Madrasa (Islamic school) in the city.
See also
* List of current provincial governors in Afghanistan
References
External links
Zaranj shows promise for future of Nimroz province
(By Cpl. Timothy L. Solano, Dec. 7, 2011)
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Governors of Nimruz Province
Mujahideen members of the Soviet–Afghan War
Brahui people
Living people
1955 births