Mullah
Mullah (; ) is an honorific title for Shia and Sunni Muslim clergy or a Muslim mosque leader. The term is also sometimes used for a person who has higher education in Islamic theology and sharia law.
The title has also been used in some Miz ...
Rustam is a citizen of
Afghanistan, and an alleged
Taliban leader.
[
][
] According to ''
Der Spiegel
''Der Spiegel'' (, lit. ''"The Mirror"'') is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of 695,100 copies, it was the largest such publication in Europe in 2011. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner ...
'' Rustam was among at least 13 Afghans added to the
Joint Prioritized Effects List
The Joint Prioritized Effects List or JPEL is a list of individuals who coalition forces in Afghanistan try to capture or kill. The Task Force 373 is working through the list. According to the Afghan War Diary German troops listed Shirin Agha wi ...
, at the request of the
Bundeswehr. They reported he and
Qari Jabar were added in 2007 and removed in 2009. They reported Rustam was the 74th name on the list.
''Der Spiegel'' reports Rustam was reported to have been leading fighters in the
Haqqani network in the region of Afghanistan the
International Security Assistance Force assigned to
Germany as early as 2005.
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Taliban leaders
Living people
Pashtun people
Year of birth missing (living people)