Bashir Baghlani

Bashir Baghlani
Governor of Farah, Afghanistan
In office
February 2004 – Summer 2004
Preceded byAbdul Hai Neamati
Succeeded byAsadullah Falah
Personal details
Born1931
Died28 April 2007
Political partyHezbi Islami

Bashir Baghlani (1931–2007), born Mohammad Yousuf, was a politician in Afghanistan affiliated with a variety of factions throughout the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, who filled such positions as Governor of Baghlan Province and later Farah Province.

Early life

Baghlani was born in 1931, the son of an immigrant from Tajikistan who had been a chairman of a kolkhoz in that country.[1]

Political career

In the early 1980s, Baghlani was affiliated with the leftist militant group Settam-e-Melli. He served as governor of Baghlan Province and was a member of the Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin. Baghlani, previously a key Taliban ally in Baghlan, was arrested by the Taliban government on 27 July 2000, accused of making deals with the Northern Alliance.[2]

After the fall of the Taliban, Baghlani replaced Abdul Hai Neamati as Governor of Farah Province in 2002.[3]

Baghlani died of a heart attack on 28 April 2007.[4]

Name

He took the name of Mohammed Bashir Baghlani when he was appointed Minister of Justice under Babrak Karmal's Presidency in the 1980s.

References

  1. ^ Authors European Society for Central Asian Studies. International Conference, Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek, Julia Katschnig; Editors Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek, Julia Katschnig . Central Asia on display: proceedings of the VIIth Conference of the European Society for Central Asian Studies. LIT Verlag Münster, 2005. ISBN 3-8258-8309-4, ISBN 978-3-8258-8309-6
  2. ^ Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Afghanistan: The Hizb-i Islami Party, led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, including its history, treatment of members by the Taliban, and membership documentation (1993-2000), 25 October 2000, AFG35512.E , available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3df4bdf78.html [accessed 10 April 2010]
  3. ^ Malalai Joya. A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice. Simon and Schuster, 2009. ISBN 1-4391-0946-X, 9781439109465
  4. ^ Terrorism hits Baghlan: Dots to be connected?
Preceded by Governor of Farah, Afghanistan
2004–2004 		Succeeded by


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