Muhammad Eqbal Munib Explained

Sayyed Mohammad Eqbal Munib
Office:Governor of Ghor
Term Start:1 December 2008
Term End:25 May 2010
Predecessor:Baz Mohammad Ahmadi
Successor:Fazlul Haq Nejat (acting)
Death Date:14 July 2012
Death Place:Samangan, Samangan Province, Afghanistan
Blank1:Ethnicity
Data1:Hazara
Order2:Governor of Sar-e Pol
Term Start2:4 July 2007
Term End2:August 2008
Predecessor2:Abdul Haq Shafaq
Successor2:Mohammad Bashir Qant Chah Abi

Mohammad Eqbal Munib (محمد اقبال منیب; died in 2012) was a Hazara politician in Afghanistan and the former governor of Ghor. Before that he had been governor of Sar-e Pol.

As governor of Sar-e Pol Mohammad Eqbal Munib survived two attempts on his life. One was on 24 April 2007, a "mine planted near a brook" which was remotely detonated by unidentified people as Munib's car was passing by. The blast damaged the vehicle but did not cause any casualties. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.[1]

In May 2010 the provincial council of Ghor Province and some civil society organizations wrote a letter to President Hamid Karzai wherein they criticized the performance of Mohammad Eqbal Munib and asked for the dismissal of the governor. Following this, Governor Munib was dismissed by the president due to lack of professionalism.

On 14 July 2012, he was killed in a suicide blast during a wedding party in Samangan, Samangan Province.

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  1. http://www.afghan-bios.info/tinc?key=2vB1wwzV&session_currentpage=index&session_mode=guest&formname=afghan_bios&session_searchcriteria=munib&session_sortby=field_3&userid=1277809484;929599;110&session_nextpage=data_edit&session_offset=50&session_start=1&session_dbkey=1255703913;294564;298_afghan_bios&dbkey=1255703913;294564;298_afghan_bios Afghan Bios: Mohammad Eqbal Munib