Mohammad Zabihullah was an anti-Soviet resistance leader in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Zabihullah was a former religious school teacher, member of the Jamiat-e Islami movement, and lead the faction in Balkh Province until his assassination by KhAD in December 1984, which threw his resistance in Balkh into disarray.[1]

He commanded Balkh with several thousand fighters and was one of the best known commanders to the Western press in the 1980-1984 period. He had been described as an "excellent organizer." Zabiullah, like Massoud, also established civil administration in his region such as literacy classes and schools.[2]

On 14 December 1984, Zabihullah was killed when his Jeep ran over a landmine.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Rubin, Barnett R. (2002). The Fragmentation of Afghanistan: State Formation and Collapse in the International System. Yale University Press. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-300-09519-7.
  2. ↑ Amstutz, J. Bruce (1994). Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation. Diane Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2. OCLC 948347893.
  3. ↑ Tanner, Stephen (2009-04-28). Afghanistan: A Military History. Hachette Books. ISBN 978-0-7867-2263-1.


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