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Toronto Star
January 15, 2016
Three soldiers were also injured in the blast, for which the Taliban claimed responsibility. A suspect who was thought to have organized the attack was arrested shortly afterward. But Pir Mohammed was released from custody on the assurance of local warlord and militia leader Mullah Naqib, a member of ...
VICE
September 23, 2014
Arghandab had all the makings of a insurgent stronghold: its dense pomegranate groves provided ample cover for guerrilla ambushes, its proximity to government-controlled Kandahar city allowed for frequent raids, and its charismatic mujahedeen leaders, such as the colorful Mullah Naqib and the intrepid ...
TIME
August 13, 2012
After years as a highway contractor, he now fills the shoes of his late father, Haji Mullah Naqib, who was one of the most powerful men in southern Afghanistan before and after the fall of the Taliban. Mullah Naqib succumbed to a heart attack in 2009. Karzai attended the funeral, where he crowned ...
Christian Science Monitor
November 16, 2010
His murder, which came soon after the death of Mullah Naqib, another Kandahar politician and elder from of the Alokozai tribe, signaled the fall of Arghandab to the Taliban. Captain Matt said the same phenomenon was visible in Marjah. "This place has largely been stripped of its leadership.... We try to tell ...
New York Times
June 15, 2010
For many years Mullah Naqib, chief of the dominant Alokozai tribe and a feared and respected mujahedeen, kept the district firmly under his thumb; he did not oppose the Taliban but warned them that if they brought their battles to Arghandab, “I'll hang you from a tree,” as an Afghan Army officer told me.
Christian Science Monitor
March 15, 2010
... Mohammad Omar, the top Afghanistan Taliban commander, issued last summer. In mid-November, around the time of the killings, American and Afghan forces arrested a Sunni Muslim cleric known as Mullah Naqib, the local Taliban strongman, who allegedly held both men and ordered their executions, ...
Toronto Star
March 4, 2009
The Taliban also tried to take control of Arghandab in 2007 after the death of Mullah Naqib, the district's long time strongman. Maj. Robert Dunn, the Canadian operations officer at Kandahar Airfield, said the coalition has also noted "increasing insurgent activity" in Arghandab that could signal the beginning ...
Long War Journal
February 17, 2008
In March 2007, Mullah Naqib, an influential anti-Taliban cleric and Alokozai tribal elder, was nearly killed when a Taliban planted roadside bomb exploded beneath his armored vehicle in Arghandab. Naqib's son and one of his bodyguards died the attack. In October 2005, another suicide bomber attacked ...
Toronto Star
January 15, 2016
But Pir Mohammed was released from custody on the assurance of local warlord and militia leader Mullah Naqib, a member of the same tribeÃÂ ...
VICE
September 23, 2014
... raids, and its charismatic mujahedeen leaders, such as the colorful Mullah Naqib and the intrepid Lala Malang, made for easy recruitment.
TIME
August 13, 2012
After years as a highway contractor, he now fills the shoes of his late father, Haji Mullah Naqib, who was one of the most powerful men inÃÂ ...
Christian Science Monitor
November 16, 2010
His murder, which came soon after the death of Mullah Naqib, another Kandahar politician and elder from of the Alokozai tribe, signaled the fallÃÂ ...
Christian Science Monitor
November 16, 2010
His murder, which came soon after the death of Mullah Naqib, another Kandahar politician and elder from of the Alokozai tribe, signaled the fallÃÂ ...
New York Times
June 15, 2010
For many years Mullah Naqib, chief of the dominant Alokozai tribe and a feared and respected mujahedeen, kept the district firmly under hisÃÂ ...
Christian Science Monitor
March 15, 2010
In mid-November, around the time of the killings, American and Afghan forces arrested a Sunni Muslim cleric known as Mullah Naqib, the localÃÂ ...
Toronto Star
March 4, 2009
The Taliban also tried to take control of Arghandab in 2007 after the death of Mullah Naqib, the district's long time strongman. Maj. Robert DunnÃÂ ...
Long War Journal
February 17, 2008
In March 2007, Mullah Naqib, an influential anti-Taliban cleric and Alokozai tribal elder, was nearly killed when a Taliban planted roadsideÃÂ ...
tio.ch
February 12, 2017
KABUL - Un leader talebano, Mullah Naqib, e altri 10 combattenti sono stati uccisi oggi durante uno scontro a fuoco con le forze afgane nel distretto di Jurm della provincia settentrionale di Badakhsan: lo ha reso noto un funzionario locale. Naqib ...
News1130
January 15, 2016
But Pir Mohammed was released from custody on the assurance of local warlord and militia leader Mullah Naqib, a member of the same tribe and a staunchly anti-Taliban ally for the Canadians.
