Zabihullah was an anti-Soviet jihad leader in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Zabihullah was a former school teacher, member of the Jamiat-e Islami movement, and lead the jihad in Balkh Province until his assassination by KhAD in December 1984, which threw his movement into disarray.[1]
At the end of 1984, Zabihullah was killed when his Jeep ran over a landmine.[2]
References
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=laG03iJF7t8C&pg=PA238&dq=zabihullah+balkh&hl=en&ei=_2vmTqqELqqOsQKgyoiyBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=zabihullah%20balkh&f=false
- ↑ Tanner, Stephen. "Afghanistan: A Military History"
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