Rasul Pahlawan

Rasul Pahlawan رسول پهلوان
A painting of Pahlawan Rasul
Born	1950 Faryab Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Died	June 1996 Mazar-i-Sharif, Islamic State of Afghanistan
Cause of death	Killed in a ambush
Nationality	Afghani Uzbek
Citizenship	Afghanistan
Years active	1970-1996
Political party	National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan

General Rasul Pahlawan was an Uzbek military leader in Afghanistan, and the brother of Uzbek leader Abdul Malik Pahlawan.

Rasul Pahlawan was born in Faryab Province in northern parts of Afghanistan. In June 1996, he was killed in an ambush in Mazar-i-Sharif. ^[1]

His brother Abdul Malik, who was a then subordinate of Uzbek warlord Rashid Dostum, blamed Dostum for the murder of Rasul Pahlawan and in order to seek vengeance entered into secret negotiations with the Taliban. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. MR Ahmed Rashid (13 April 2010). Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia. Yale University Press. pp. 57–. ISBN   978-0-300-16368-1 . Retrieved 24 November 2012.
2. Johnson, Thomas H. "Ismail Khan, Herat, and Iranian Influence". Center for Contemporary Conflict. Archived from the original on 29 March 2007. Retrieved 20 March 2007.
3. De Ponfilly, Christophe(2001); Massoud l'Afghan; Gallimard; ISBN   2-07-042468-5; p. 75