Habibullah Jan | |
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Died | July 4, 2008 |
Nationality | Afghan |
Occupation(s) | Warlord, legislator |
Habibullah Jan (died July 4, 2008) was an Afghan warlord [1] who was elected to represent Kandahar Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of its National Legislature, in 2005. He was a member of the Alizai tribe. [1] He sat on the " Kandahar Security Shura". [2] He was a "sometimes rival of [President] Karzai", according to a report prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School. [2] Karzai created the Zhari District out of parts of Maywand and Panjwai districts in 2004 as reward for Habibullah Jan helping defeat the Taliban in Kandahar. [1]
He was assassinated by gunmen on July 4, 2008, while returning home from visiting an Afghan army outpost in Zhari District. [3] The Navy School report asserted his assassins were Taliban. [2]