Mohammad Nasim Akhundzada Explained

Mohammad Nasim Akhundzada
Birth Place:	Helmand province, Afghanistan
Death Date:	March 1990
Death Place:	Pakistan
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Mullah Mohammad Nasim Akhundzada (died 1990) was a mujahideen commander and Pashtun warlord who operated in Helmand Province, Afghanistan during the 1980s. Based out of Musa Qala in northern Helmand, Nasim was from the Alizai tribe.^[1] He issued a fatwa legalizing poppy cultivation in 1981. During the 1980s he gradually consolidated power over most of Helmand, eliminating other mujahideen factions.^[2] He was assassinated in March 1990 in Pakistan.^[3] His nephew Sher Mohammad Akhundzada was the governor of Helmand until 2005 and is an important Afghan politician.

Notes and References

1. Book: Malkasian, Carter. Carter Malkasian

   . Carter Malkasian. War Comes to Garmser: Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier. 2013. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-997375-0. 21.

2. Web site: TRIBES" AND WARLORDS IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN, 1980-2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20071016121355/http://www.crisisstates.com/download/wp/wpSeries2/wp7.2.pdf . 2007-10-16. Giustozzi. Antonio. dead.
3. Malkasian 2013, p. 46.