Mohammad Zabihullah

Mohammad Zabihullah
محمد ذبیح الله
Mohammad Zabihullah; محمد ذبیح الله
Born	Afghanistan
Died	14 December 1984; Afghanistan
Occupation	Mujahideen leader

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]

^ 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.
^ Amstutz, J. Bruce (1994). Afghanistan: The First Five Years of Soviet Occupation. Diane Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7881-1111-2. OCLC 948347893.
^ Tanner, Stephen (2009-04-28). Afghanistan: A Military History. Hachette Books. ISBN 978-0-7867-2263-1. ^{[page needed]}

[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. ^{[page needed]}

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