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About
Politician, military officer, and warlord who is best known as the Lion of Herat. He served as Governor of the Herat Province from the year 1992 to the year 1997. He later served as the Minister of Energy and Water from the year 2005 to the year 2013.
Before Fame
He was named captain of the Afghan Army from 1969 to 1979.
Trivia
He and defense minster Ahmad Shah Massoud defended their province against the Taliban during the Afghan Civil War in the 1990s. He gave testimony for the Guantanamo captive Abdul Razzaq Hekmati. On September 27, 2009, he survived a suicide blast that killed four of his bodyguards in Herat.
Family Life
He has dedicated his life to defending his home of Herat from the Taliban.
Associated With
He and Ronald Reagan are both politicians who survived assassination attempts.
