Alhaj Mutalib Baig | |||||||
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| Member of the House of the People | |||||||
| In office Unknown–2011 | |||||||
| Constituency | Takhar Province | ||||||
| Police Chief of Takhar | |||||||
| In office 2004–Unknown | |||||||
| Police Chief of Kunduz | |||||||
| In office 2006–Unknown | |||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Died | December 25,2011 Taloqan,Takhar Province,Afghanistan | ||||||
| Nationality | Afghan | ||||||
| Political party | Jamiat-e-Islami | ||||||
| Profession | Politician,Military Commander | ||||||
| Known for | Political leadership,opposition to Taliban,death in 2011 suicide bombing | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance | Northern Alliance | ||||||
| Rank | Commander | ||||||
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Alhaj Mutalib Baig (died 25 December 2011) was an Afghan politician. A former commander of the Northern Alliance,and member of the Jamiat-e-Islami party,he represented Takhar Province in the House of the People. [1] Baig was an ethnic Uzbek,and a former commander of the Jamiat-e-Islami party. The party was part of the Northern Alliance,an Afghan faction that opposed the Taliban. [1] Baig was the former police chief in Takhar in 2004 and Kunduz in 2006. [1]
Baig was one of 19 people killed in a suicide bombing in Taloqan in December 2011. [2] [1] The attack occurred as people gathered in Taloqan for the funeral of a government official,and was reported to have been carried out by a member of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. [3] Abdul Jabar Taqwa,the Governor of Takhar,had also been invited to the funeral,but did not attend. He later claimed that the target of the bombing was himself or Baig. [1]
Baig had been accused by the local populace of illegal land grabs in Taloqan,as well as involvement in drug-trafficking in Takhar. [2]