Habibullah Jan (died July 4, 2008) was an Afghan warlord who was elected to represent

Kandahar Province Kandahār ( ps, ; Kandahār, prs, ; ''Qandahār'') is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan, located in the southern part of the country, sharing a border with Pakistan, to the south. It is surrounded by Helmand in the west, Uruzga ...

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 ...

Wolesi Jirga The House of Representatives of the People, or Da Afghanistan Wolesi Jirga ( ps, دَ افغانستان ولسي جرګه), was the lower house of the bicameral National Assembly of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, alongside the upper ...

, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. He was a member of the Alizai tribe. He sat on the " Kandahar Security Shura". He was a "sometimes rival of residentKarzai", according to a report prepared at the

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. Karzai created the

Zhari District Zhari ( ps, ژړۍ, fa, ولسوالی ژری) is a district in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Alternative spellings include Zheley (due to transliteration from Pashto), Zharey, Zharay, Zheri, or Zheray. The district was created in 2004 from l ...

out of parts of Maywand and Panjwai districts in 2004 as reward for Habibullah Jan helping defeat the

Taliban The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pasht ...

Kandahar Kandahar (; Kandahār, , Qandahār) is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118. It is the c ...

. He was assassinated by gunmen on July 4, 2008, while returning home from visiting an Afghan army outpost in Zhari District. The Navy School report asserted his assassins were Taliban.

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Politicians of Kandahar Province Members of the House of the People (Afghanistan) 2008 deaths Year of birth missing People killed by the Taliban Assassinated Afghan politicians {{Afghanistan-politician-stub