Mohammed Issa Nuristani (or Issa Khan Nuristan) was an army general and a community leader among the ''Safed Posh'' tribe in

Nuristan Nuristan, also spelled as Nurestan or Nooristan (Dari: ; Kamkata-vari language, Kamkata-vari: ), is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country. It is divided into seven Districts of Afghanistan, districts ...

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 ...

, who led a group of

Nuristani people The Nuristanis, formerly known as Kafiristanis, are an ethnic group native to the Nuristan Province of northeastern Afghanistan and Chitral District of northwestern Pakistan. Their languages comprise the Nuristani branch of Indo-Iranian langua ...

in rebellion against the Soviets at the start of the

Soviet–Afghan War The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. It saw extensive fighting between the Soviet Union and the Afghan mujahideen (alongside smaller groups of anti-Soviet ...

. He was assassinated early in the conflict. Ron Clark Ball
''Falcon on the Tower''
Lulu.com, 2007. , He was born in 1957. As of 1975 he served as the Commander of the Central Army Corps.

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Nuristani people Afghan tribal leaders Mujahideen members of the Soviet–Afghan War Year of death missing 1957 births {{afghanistan-bio-stub