Khan Mohammad Mujahid

Khan Mohammad "Mujahid"
جنرال خان محمد مجاهد
Born1961
Kandahar, Arghandab District, Afghanistan
Died(2011-04-15)15 April 2011
Arghandab District
Cause of deathMurder
OccupationSenior police officer
EmployerAfghan Government

General Khan Mohammad "Mujahid" (Pashto: جنرال خان محمد مجاهد) (1961 - 15 April 2011) was a senior policeman in Afghanistan. He was killed by a suicide bomber in 2011.

He was born in 1961 in Arghandab District near Kandahar, a member of the Alokozay tribe. He fought against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan and against the Taliban. He became chief of police in Ghazni and moved in 2009 to Kandahar where he was responsible for the policing of the south of Kandahar Province.[citation needed]

On 15 April 2011 he was killed in a suicide bombing at the Kandahar police headquarters.[1][2][3][4] The Taliban claimed responsibility for his murder.[5]

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