Abdul Taleb Zaki ( prs, عبدالطالب ذکی) was an ethnic
Hazara politician and a
jihadist
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from
Afghanistan
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Abdul Taleb Zaki, son of Abdul Wahid born in 1960 in
Bamiyan Province of Afghanistan.
He is one of the
jihadists
Jihadism is a neologism which is used in reference to "militant Islamic movements that are perceived as existentially threatening to the West" and "rooted in political Islam."Compare: Appearing earlier in the Pakistani and Indian media, Wes ...
of
Hezbe Wahdat
Hezb-e Wahdat-e Islami Afghanistan ( prs, حزب وحدت اسلامی افغانستان, "the Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan"), shortened to Hezbe Wahdat (, "the Unity Party"), is an Afghan political party founded in 1989. Like most contemp ...
political party in Afghanistan.
He was the governor of Bamiyan Province for four years from 1994 to 1998. He died in 1998 in
Ghazni Province
Ghazni (Dari: ) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in southeastern Afghanistan. The province contains 19 districts, encompassing over a thousand villages and roughly 1.3 million people, making it the 5th most populous province. The ...
.
References
1960 births
1998 deaths
Hazara politicians
Hezbe Wahdat politicians
People from Bamyan Province
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