General Khan Mohammad "Mujahid" () (1961 - 15 April 2011) was a senior policeman in

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 ...

. He was killed by a suicide bomber in 2011. He was born in 1961 in

Arghandab District Arghandab (Pashto/ fa, ارغنداب) is a district in the central part of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. It borders Panjwai and Khakrez districts to the west, Shah Wali Kot District to the north and east and Kandahar District to the east a ...

near

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 ...

, a member of the Alokozay tribe. He fought against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and against the Taliban. He became chief of police in Ghazni and moved in 2009 to Kandahar where he was responsible for the policing of the south of

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 ...

. On 15 April 2011 he was killed in a suicide bombing at the Kandahar police headquarters. 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 ...

claimed responsibility for his murder.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mujahid, Khan Mohammad Politicians of Kandahar Province People of the Soviet–Afghan War Pashtun people National Islamic Front of Afghanistan politicians Afghan military personnel Afghan government officials Afghan military officers 1961 births 2011 deaths