Gul Mohammad Pahalwan

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Gul Mohammad Pahalwan
گل محمد پهلوان
Personal details
BornJowzjan Province, Afghanistan
OccupationPolitician
EthnicityUzbek

Gul Mohammad Pahlawan (or Gulo) was an Uzbek leader during the violent power-struggles of 1990s Afghanistan, and a brother (in some sources brother-in-law) of leader Abdul Malik Pahlawan. Gul Mohammad played a significant role in Abdul Malik's betrayal of and subsequent attacks against rival Uzbek Rashid Dostum, with Gul Mohammad leading on Dostum's forces in Jowzjan Province on 23 May 1997.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Kamal Matinuddin (1999). The Taliban Phenomenon: Afghanistan 1994-1997. Oxford University Press. pp. 98–. ISBN 978-0-19-579274-4. Retrieved 13 April 2012.