Muhammad Rasul
Mullah Muhammad Rasul is the leader of the High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, a group that split with the Taliban in September 2015. He was a Taliban-appointed governor of Nimruz Province, Afghanistan. Rasul exerted economic pressures on ethnic and religious minorities unpopular with the Taliban, and made a considerable fortune controlling cross-border drug-smuggling through Nimruz.[1]
Rasul founded a new city, and capital of the province, called Ghurghuri, in a heavily-Pashtun area. Rasul and his functionaries fled Nimroz following U.S. airstrikes on 13 November 2001, and his office was taken over by a mujahid who returned from Iran, Abdul Karim Brahui.[2]
In 2015, Rasul broke away from Taliban and established the High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The group has demanded that foreign troops leave Afghanistan as a precursor for peace talks.[3] The High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has lent some support to the activities of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State abroad, has stated that neither group is welcome in Afghanistan.[4]
| Preceded by | Governor of Nimruz Province ?–2001 |
Succeeded by Abdul Karim Brahui |
References
- ↑ The Taliban and the crisis of Afghanistan. Harvard University Press, 2008. ISBN 0-674-02690-X, 9780674026902. Pg 185-187
- ↑ The Taliban and the crisis of Afghanistan. Harvard University Press, 2008. ISBN 0-674-02690-X, 9780674026902. Pg 185-187
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External link
image of Mullah Rasool taken from the website > S. Metz - article published by World Politics Review November 13th 2015
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