Sherkhan Farnood

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Sherkhan Farnood ((1963-08-15)15 August 1963 – (2018-08-24)24 August 2018) was an Afghan banker,

Mohammed Fahim and possibly others.[2] According to media reports, by November 2010 Da Afghanistan Bank insisted both Farnood and Kabul Bank chief executive Frozi had been removed from bank management;.[3] As of early 2011 both were effectively under house arrest and could not leave the country.[4]

An ethnic Uzbek,[5] Farnood is originally from Kunduz Province of northern Afghanistan.[6] He studied chemical engineering full-time while simultaneously running a business in Moscow, Russia. During the 1980s and 1990s, he ran a hawala, or an informal money transfer organization in Moscow.[2]

Farnood became a prominent poker player, he took part in the 2008 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) and won his first bracelet.[7] Prior to his detention, he spent most of his time in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he owned a number of villas under his name on Palm Jumeirah.[8][9]

On 24 August 2018, Farnood died in prison at the age of 55, apparently due to natural causes .[10]

References

  1. Kabul Bank. 31 March 2007. Archived from the original
    on 6 September 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b "In Afghanistan, signs of crony capitalism (p.3)". Andrew Higgins. The Washington Post. 22 February 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  3. ^ Ellis, Eric (7 November 2010). "Why Farnood was flushed out of Kabulbank". Euromoney. Retrieved 11 November 2010.
  4. Washington Post
    . Retrieved 13 February 2011.
  5. Pashtun. My mother is a Tajik
    . It is better you don't ask me about my tribal affiliations, because I am an Afghan.
  6. ^ Afghan Biographies: Farnood, Sherkhan Shirkhan Farnud
  7. ^ "Sherkhan Farnood". Pokernews.com. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  8. ^ Higgins, Andrew (22 February 2010). "In Afghanistan, signs of crony capitalism (p.2)". The Washington Post. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  9. ^ "US Cuts Aid After Millions Siphoned Off to Dubai". Susanne Koelbl. Spiegel. 5 July 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
  10. ^ "Former Head Of Kabul Bank Dies In Prison". TOLOnews. 24 August 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
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