Mohammad Omar (politician)

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Mohammad Omar on October 5, 2010, five days before his death.

Mohammad Omar (* in Baharak ; † October 8, 2010 in Taloqan , Tachar ) was an Afghan politician. He was governor of Kunduz Province from 2004 until his death .

In April 2009, the German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier tried to get Mohammad Omar to be dismissed as governor of Kunduz by intervening with the Afghan Interior Minister Hanif Atmar , but this failed.

He was killed on October 8, 2010 in a bomb attack on a mosque in the city of Taloqan in the neighboring province of Tachar . In addition to the governor, twenty people died in the attack, including the imam of the mosque. He was succeeded by Mohammad Jegdalek .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Governor of Kunduz killed in attack. In: ORF . October 8, 2010, accessed October 8, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Bundeswehr supported the warlords
  3. ↑ Governor of Kunduz killed. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . October 8, 2010, accessed October 8, 2010 .
  4. ↑ Damir Fras: Officially in the unofficial war. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. January 10, 2011, accessed January 10, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Omar, Mohammad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Omar, Mohammed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Afghan governor of Kunduz province
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 2010
Place of death Taloqan , Tachar