Fazal Haq Mujahid
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Fazal Haq Mujahid Khaliqyar فضل الحق مجاهد خالقیار  |
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| Born | 1954 Rodat Nangarhar, Afghanistan |
| Died |
May 31, 1997 (aged 43) Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Cause of death | Assassination |
| Alma mater | Kabul University |
| Organization | Hezbi Islami |
| Fazal Haq Mujahid | |
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| Nickname(s) | Mujahid |
| Service/branch |
 Military, Civil Government |
| Years of service | 1975-1997 |
| Rank | Commander, Lieutenant General |
| Unit | Zafar brigade |
| Commands | Prominent Mujaheddin commander during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, Head of Nangarhar Garrison, Chairman of Eastern Zone Military Council, Iterim Interior Minister of Afghanistan. |
| Battles/wars | Soviet war in Afghanistan, |
Fazal haq Mujahid (Pashto: فضل الحق مجاهد; 1954–1997) was a military and political leader in Afghanistan against the Soviet Union.
Son of Noorulhaq from Rodat district of Nangarhar province Afghanistan. Born in 1954 in a highly respected family of Akhunzadgan. He earned his basic education at local school in HisarShahi Village and then went for further education to city of Lashkargah in Helmand province where he got admission in Agriculture College after completing his Bacaluria he has been admitted in faculty of Agriculture at Kabul University. There he joined the organization of Muslim Students called Nuhzat Nawjawan i Musalman by invitation his friend Saranwal Ridwan from Kan village in Rodat district. After completing his graduation (at the age of 21 with high grades) he joined the Civil Government and became a Forest Director in Asadabad Kunar province in meanwhile he continued acting as active member of Islamic Movement.
Mujahid was one of the key figure in Afghan Jihad against Soviet Union invasion of Afghanistan. Specially in Eastern Afghanistan. All time member of the Supreme Council and Central Executive Committee of Hizb e Islami Afghanistan, Deputy chairman of Provincial Affairs Commission of the party, Chairman of Financial Affairs of the party, Chief Mediator of party on some occasions for within party problems and problem with other factions, Commander of Zafar Brigade, The Amir of Nangarhar Province, Chairman of Party's Eastern Zone Council (Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar, Nooristan), Few times acting Amir of the Hizb e Islami, One of the Five Members of Nangarhar Shoora Supreme Council, Chairman of Eastern Zone Military Council of Eastern Council and Head of Nangarhar Garrison and once Interior Minister of Afghanistan. He was considered one of the few military commanders and political figures who were not under the direct influence of neighboring country's intelligence agency. He was also one of the few non-controversial war figures of Afghan's war history with USSR.
Mujahid was considered to be one of the strongest Political and Military commander of Afghanistan. In very short time he established a strong relation with Sudan's Government. He visited Sudan few times to program and plan out the movement of Osama Bin Laden from Sudan to Afghanistan.
In 1996, just prior to the Taliban conquest of Kabul, Osama bin Ladin was extradited from Sudan under the pressure from the United States He, then, chose to leave Sudan for Afghanistan and declared his decision to Sudanese authorities which was approved by them and considered in the greater interest of every side. In doing so Osama bin Ladin approached some former Jihadi commanders with whom he had had acquaintance and close contacts from the days of Jihad to smooth path for his return from Sudan to Afghanistan. The commanders contacted by him included SazNur of the Ittihad-e Islami party, Dr. Ameen and Engineer Mahmud of Hizb-e Islami (Khalis group), and Fazal Haq Mujahid of Hizb-e Islami (Hekmatyar). The three above-mentioned commanders had later been mysteriously martyred with exception of Dr. Ameen, who had remained in custody of Pakistani security forces for long.
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