Musa Hotak is an

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military leader and politician from

Maidan Shar Maidan Shar ( ps, میدانښار, Maidānkhār; fa, میدانشار, Maidānshār), also Maidan Shahr or simply Maidan, is the capital of Maidan Wardak province in central Afghanistan. Its population was estimated to be 35,008 in 2003, of whic ...

Wardak Province Maidan Wardak (Pashto: ; Dari: ), also called Wardag or Wardak, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the central region of Afghanistan. It is divided into eight districts and has a population of approximately 500,00 The capital ...

.Afghan Commander Hands in 400 Light and Heavy Weapons
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- Press Briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Afghanistan'', May 6, 2004 He and his brother

Ghulan Mohammed Hotak Ghulan Mohammed Hotak is an Afghan Taliban member. Both ''The Daily Telegraph'' and the ''Washington Post'' published extended accounts of Hotak's defection from the Taliban to the Interim Afghan Government.

played prominent roles in the resistance to the Soviet occupation. They were not original members of the

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

, but joined it when it was gaining power during the civil war that followed the overthrow of the communist regime. Musa Hotak is reported to have been the Taliban deputy planning minister.Hiding in plain sight: not all ex-Taliban are on the run
, '' San Bernardino Sun'', February 11, 2002 On June 14, 2004 '' Islam Online'' described Musa Hotak as one of the weaker warlords, with only 100 fighters.Afghanistan on the Road to Nowhere
, '' Islam Online'', June 14, 2004 Its report attributes Hotak's recent surrender of his weapons, and the demobilization of his fighters, because he: ''"...had little choice, since the forces under his command were not very powerful and because Wardak’s proximity to Kabul places it both under the spotlight and within the reach of government security forces."'' Musa Hotak was a member of the Afghan Constitutional Loya Jirga in 2003,Members of the afghan constitutional loya jirga
, '' Ariana'', December 23, 2003 He ran for office in the Loya Jirga in 2005, once the Constitution had been ratified.Former Taliban Fighters Brave A New Battlefield
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