Atta Mohammad Noor
Atta Mohammad Noor together with the then German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière (2010)
Atta Mohammad Noor (* approx. 1965) is the governor of the Balkh province in Afghanistan . He was raised to his post by President Hamid Karzai in late autumn 2004 and removed from office by President Ashraf Ghani in December 2017 . The Tajik Atta is in a direct power struggle with the Uzbek General Abdul Raschid Dostum . He was a teacher before the Soviet invasion, then a mujahideen, and later a Northern Alliance commander . Atta is criticized for acting like a mafia boss and enriching himself with the reconstruction of the country. The allegations range from the suppression of unpleasant reporting to set fire to businesses.
Web links
- Andrea Spalinger: Bearded warlord becomes multimillionaire. A career in northern Afghanistan. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . January 10, 2014, accessed January 10, 2014 .
- heb / dpa: Human rights activists accuse NATO allies of crimes. In: Spiegel Online . March 4, 2015, accessed April 3, 2019 .
- Marco Seliger: How Afghanistan is sinking into power struggles. A country is eroding. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . September 15, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2019 .
- Britta Petersen: In Afghanistan, old warlords are repositioning themselves. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . December 23, 2017, accessed April 3, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friederike Böge: The secret ruler of Kandahar. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . July 12, 2011, accessed July 13, 2011 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Noor, Atta Mohammad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Afghan governor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1965 |