Mohammad Omar (Afghan governor)
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| انجنير محمد عمر | |
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Mohammad Omar on 5 October 2010
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| Governor of Kunduz, Afghanistan | |
| In office 2004–2010 |
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| Preceded by | Abdul Latif Ibrahimi |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Anwar Jigdaleg |
| Governor of Baghlan | |
| In office 2001–2003 |
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| Preceded by | Norullah Noori |
| Succeeded by | ? |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Baharak, Badakhshan, Afghanistan |
| Died | October 8, 2010 Taloqan, Takhar province, Afghanistan |
| Religion | Islam |
Mohammad Omar (Pashto: انجنير محمد عمر) (died October 8, 2010) was the Governor of Kunduz Province, Afghanistan. He was an ethnic Andar Pashtun from Baharak District of Afghanistan.
Omar completed two years of a four-year engineering program at Polytechnical University of Kabul.
Political life
Mohammad Omar served as the mayor of Taloqan from 1991 to 1992. During the civil war, he was a member of Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan.[1] Soon after the fall of Taliban government, Omar was appointed as the governor of Baghlan Province where he served from 2001 to 2003.
He then served as Governor of Kunduz Province from 2004 until he was assassinated on 8 October 2010 when a bomb exploded at the Shirkat mosque in Taloqan, in neighboring Takhar province. 19 people were killed from the bomb, also 35 were injured.[2][3]
Political affiliation
Omar was formerly affiliated with Abdul Rasul Sayyaf's Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan, until the time of his death.[1] He was said to be a man with good manners.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Kunduz Provincial Profile." NPS.com. Program for Culture and Conflict Studies at NPS, 15 Sept. 2009. Web. 30 Nov. 2009.<Program for Culture and Conflict Studies at NPS> [1]
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| Preceded by | Governor of Kunduz, Afghanistan 2004–2010 |
Succeeded by Muhammad Anwar Jigdaleg |
| Preceded by | Governor of Baghlan 2001–2003 |
Succeeded by ? |
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