Gul Mohammad Pahalwan

Gul Mohammad Pahalwan
گل محمد پهلوان
Personal details
Born Jowzjan Province, Afghanistan
Nationality Afghanistan
Occupation Politician
Ethnicity Uzbek

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

  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.
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