Mohammad Omar (Afghan governor)
Mohammad Omar Sulaimani | |
|---|---|
| انجنير محمد عمر | |
 Mohammad Omar Sulaimani on 5 October 2010 | |
| Governor of Kunduz, Afghanistan | |
| In office 2004–2010 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Latif Ibrahimi |
| Succeeded by | Muhammad Anwar Jigdaleg |
| Governor of Baghlan | |
| In office 2001–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Norullah Noori |
| Succeeded by | ? |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Baharak district, Takhar Province, Afghanistan |
| Died | October 8, 2010 Taloqan, Takhar Province, Afghanistan |
Mohammad Omar Sulaimani (Pashto: انجنير محمد عمر) (died October 8, 2010) was the Governor of Kunduz Province, Afghanistan from 2004 until he was assassinated in October 2010.
Early life
He was an ethnic Andar Pashtun from the Baharak district of Afghanistan.[1] He was the son of Mohammad Anwar Khan.[2] Omar completed two years of a four-year engineering program at Polytechnical University of Kabul.[1] He stopped his education due the Soviet–Afghan War and the intervention of the Soviet Red Army.[2]
Political life
Mohammad Omar Sulaimani served as the mayor of Taloqan from 1991 to 1992.[1] During the civil war, he was a member of Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan.[3] Soon after the fall of Taliban government, Omar was appointed as the governor of Baghlan Province where he served from 2001 to 2003.[1]
He then served as Governor of Kunduz Province starting in 2004.[1] In April 2009 it was reported that German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier had urged Interior Minister Hanif Atmar to dismiss Omar over allegations of corruption and inefficiency.[4] He was assassinated on 8 October 2010 when a bomb exploded at the Shirkat mosque in Taloqan, in neighboring Takhar Province where he was present for Friday prayers.[5] 19 people were killed from the bomb, also 35 were injured.[5][6] He had reportedly prior warned that the Taliban and Al-Qaeda were expanding in Kunduz and called for more security reinforcements from the government.[7]
Political affiliation
Omar was formerly affiliated with Abdul Rasul Sayyaf's Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan, until the time of his death.[3] He was known to be close to President Hamid Karzai.[8]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Afghanistan assassinations". Al Jazeera. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ a b "معلومات شخصی:". www.wolesi.website. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Kunduz Provincial Profile" (PDF). www.nps.edu. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Afghanistan-Einsatz: Die Bundeswehr als Komplize der herrschenden Klasse?". FAZ.NET (in German). 12 November 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Afghan governor Omar dies in mosque bombing". BNO News. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^ "Head of Afghanistan's Kunduz province 'killed in blast'". BBC. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^ "Mosque bomb kills 20, including Afghan governor". The Express Tribune. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Kunduz blast, a blow to peace efforts". The Hindu. 8 October 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
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