Mohammed Zaman

Hajji Mohammed Zaman (Zaman Ghamsharik) (29 April 1965-February 22, 2010) was a Pashtun Afghan military leader and politician.^[1]

Zaman led a force of 4,000 men during the campaign to oust Afghanistan's Soviet occupiers.^[1]

During the initial years of the Taliban's administration of Afghanistan, Zaman led resistance fighters, from bases in Pakistan.^[1] In 1997 the government of Pakistan forced him to leave, and he spent the remaining years of the Taliban's administration in France.

During the fall of the Taliban, Zaman returned to Afghanistan and joined with other regional and tribal leaders from the Nangarhar and Khowst provinces to form the Eastern Shura.^[1][2]

The Eastern Shura were early backers of the first post-Taliban President Hamid Karzai.

Karzai appointed Zaman deputy chief of Police for Nangarhar Province.^[3]

Zaman was killed on February 22, 2010 in a suicide bombing, while addressing refugees in Khogyani District, Nangarhar Province.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Rone Tempest (October 19, 2001). "Pashtun leaders meet in Pakistan: Exiled commander urges fight against Taliban". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2001/10/19/MN222866.DTL&type=printable. Retrieved 2008-05-17. 
2. ^ "Bin Laden Believed to be in Tora Bora". CNN. 2001-11-29. http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0111/29/lt.03.html. 
3. ^ Amir Shah (June 6, 2006). "2 Soldiers Killed by Afghan Roadside Bomb". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/06/AR2006060600576.html. Retrieved 2008-05-20. 
4. ^ Andres arg (February 22, 2010). "Afghan Tribal Leader Who Had Worked With U.S. Killed In Suicide Bombing". NPR. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/02/afghanistan_suicide_bomber_kil.html. Retrieved 2010-02-22. 

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Name	Zaman, Mohammed
Alternative names
Short description	Afghan politician
Date of birth	1965-04-29
Place of birth
Date of death	2010
Place of death