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Qari Ahmadullah
قاری احمدالله
Born1975
Disappeared2002 (aged 22–33)
Zadran
NationalityAfghan
Occupation(s)Politician, member of Taliban
Known forbeing Taliban's first interior minister in 1996

Qari Ahmadullah (Pashto: قاری احمدالله) (born 1975) was an Afghan militant and the Taliban's first interior minister in 1996.[1][2][3]

He was responsible for bribing anti-Taliban commanders to desert the ranks of the United Islamic Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan opposition. Ahmadullah also commanded troops fighting on frontlines in the north of the country against the Northern Alliance.

Background[edit]

According to the Official Journal of the European Union and the testimony of Abdul Haq Wasiq, before his Combatant Status Review Tribunal, Ahmadullah was the Minister of Security and also Minister of Intelligence and Governor of Takhar Province. Abdul Haq described Ahmadullah as an uneducated man.[1][4]

Supposed death[edit]

He was supposedly killed in the opening days of 2002 in the American airstrike against Mullah Taha's house in Zadran (though the Pentagon was unable to confirm Ahmadullah's death).[5][6] 12 years after the incident, an investigation by Harper's Weekly alleged Ahmadullah was alive.[7]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Official Journal of the European Union. COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 969/2007 of 17 August 2007 amending for the 83rd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001. published by the Official Journal of the European Union 17 August 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  • ^ "Taleban spy chief 'killed in raid'". BBC News. 3 January 2002. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  • ^ "Al Qaeda planning next phase". Christian Science Monitor. 28 December 2001. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  • ^ Summarized transcripts (.pdf), from Abdul Haq Wasiq's Combatant Status Review Tribunal – pp. 13–24
  • ^ "Taliban intelligence head reported killed in U.S. bombing". CNN. 2 January 2002. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  • ^ Crumpton, Henry A. (2012). The Art of Intelligence: Lessons from a Life in the CIA’s Clandestine Service. Penguin Press. p. 255. ISBN 1594203342.
  • ^ Mashal, Mujib (January 2014). "The Pious Spy: A Taliban intelligence chief's death and resurrection". Harper's Magazine (January 2014).
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