Abdul Salam Hanafi
Leader | Mohammed Omar | |
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| Succeeded by | Sakhaullah (2021) | |
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| Born | Abdul Salam Hanafi 1969 (age 54–55) Sheberghan, Afghanistan | |
| Citizenship | Afghanistan | |
| Occupation | Politician, Taliban member | |
| Political affiliation | Taliban | |
| Ethnicity | Uzbek | |
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Abdul Salam Hanafi (
Taliban government from 1996–2001. After the Taliban government collapse in 2001, following the United States invasion of Afghanistan, Hanafi was appointed by the Taliban leadership as a top general to oversee the Taliban’s military activities in Jowzjan Province, Northern Afghanistan from May 2007 until sometime in 2008.[4]
Abdul Salam Hanafi is from
Deobandi religious schools or Madrasas.[citation needed] He has also been teaching at Kabul University for some time. Abdul Salam Hanafi has been part of the Taliban movement from the beginning. However, he is generally known among the Taliban as an Alim-e Din (scholar of the faith).[6]
Early life and education
An ethnic Uzbek, Hanafi was born in 1969 in the Gardan village in the Darzab District of Jowzjan Province.[7]
He got his initial education under local Islamic scholars, studying subjects such as
He later moved to
Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi, as well madrasas in cities such as Peshawar, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan.[7]
Outside religion he also studied computer science, accounting and languages, mastering, outside his native Uzbek, Pashto, Persian, English, Arabic, Urdu, Kyrgyz, Turkmen and Turkish.[7]
After completing his studies he became a teacher in different institutions, for instance teaching Islamic culture for three years at Kabul University’s Faculty of Law and Political Science.[7]
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References
- ^ "Abdul Salam Hanafi". Counter Extremism Project. Archived from the original on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Afghanistan-Taliban Talks Begin in Attempt to End 19 Years of Bloodshed". 12 September 2020. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Whither Islam in Afghanistan's Political System After the Taliban Talks?". Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Abdul Salam Hanafi". Counter Extremism Project. Archived from the original on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
- ^ "Who is who in Taliban's caretaker cabinet?". Pajhwok Afghan News. 9 September 2021. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
- ^ "طالبان مذاکراتی ٹیم میں کون کیا ہے؟". BBC News اردو. Archived from the original on 29 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Translation of the biographies of the Taleban negotiation team". Afghanistan Analysts Network. 21 September 2020. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.