11 Facts About Mullah Naqib

Mullah Naqib was the leader of the Alikozai Pashtun tribe.

Finally, we Mujahideen commanders went to Mullah Naqib and said that we are outnumbered and should leave the base.

Mullah Naqib said that this is their last battle and will decide the contest between them and us.

Mullah Naqib took an RPG and strode out to the forward positions to kill a tank.

Mullah Naqib is said to have personally shot down three Mi-24 gunships using Stinger missiles supplied by the CIA.

Mullah Naqib was the most powerful commander in the city, and many of his subordinates turned to illegal taxation and theft, in order to earn an income.

Mullah Naqib reemerged as the Taliban regime began to dissolve following the 2001 US invasion of Afghanistan.

Mullah Naqib managed to broker a deal between Hamid Karzai and Taliban leader Mullah Omar, allowing the surrender of 3,000 militants in Kandahar.

Karzai later defused the situation, by brokering a power shareout agreement, whereby Sherzai was made governor, and the post of vice-governor was attributed to Mullah Naqib, who gave it to his brother-in-law.

Mullah Naqib thus became a prime objective for Taliban assassins, who targeted him with a bombing attack in early March 2007, leaving him badly injured.

Mullah Naqib warned of an impending Taliban attack, and advised against the planned withdrawal of Canadian ISAF troops form Kandahar province, scheduled for 2009.