Nemat (militant)

Mufti

Nemat
نعمت

Mullah
Nemat after his surrender to the Afghan government in 2018
Mufti Nemat in 2018
Allegiance
Years of service
  • ?–2014
  • 2016–18
Rank
  • Head of the military committee of Darzab and Qush Tepa, shadow governor of Jowzjan Province (Taliban)
  • Second-in-command for Jowzjan Province (Islamic State)
Battles / warsWar in Afghanistan
RelationsMawlavi Habibul Rahman (brother-in-law)
Other workSalafist cleric and religious teacher

Mufti Nemat, also known as Mufti Nematullah Qaweem Persian: نعمت الله قاویم [1][2] or Mullah Nemat Mufti,[3] is an Afghan militant and Salafist cleric who served as a field commander for the Taliban and later the Islamic State's Khorasan Province (ISIL-K) in northern Afghanistan, particularly Jowzjan Province. While waging an insurgency against the Afghan government, he has been accused of committing several war crimes.

  1. ^ Najim Rahim; Rod Nordland (1 August 2018). "Taliban Surge Routs ISIS in Northern Afghanistan". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. ^ "Darzab District Jawzjan Province". Afghan Bios. 1 August 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. ^ Jai Kumar (4 April 2018). "IS and its disastrous influence in Afghanistan". The Pioneer. Retrieved 13 August 2018.