Mohammed Daud Daud
General Mohammed Daud Daud (born January 2, 1969 - May 28, 2011 ) was the police chief of Northern Afghanistan and commander of the elite unit 303 Pamir Corps. He was considered one of the most effective and central opponents of the Taliban and was one of the proponents of a democratic process in Afghanistan . On May 28, 2011, General Mohammad Daud Daud died in a targeted bomb attack by the Taliban that also killed two German soldiers. After Daud's death, there were anti-Taliban protests by students and teachers at the universities in Kabul and Mazār-i Sharif .
Life
Mohammad Daud Daud was born on January 2, 1969 in the Afghan province of Tachar . He studied engineering . After completing his studies in the 1980s, Daud Daud fought under the leadership of Ahmad Shah Massoud in the Soviet-Afghan war against the Soviet troops. After the fall of the communist regime, he and his unit remained stationed in the north of the country, in the province of Tachar. After the Taliban came to power, he served as a high-ranking commander of the United Front (Northern Alliance) under Ahmad Shah Massoud in the resistance against the Taliban regime and Al Qaeda militias . Under Daud's leadership, Kunduz was conquered in October 2001 . Hamid Karzai later appointed him deputy interior minister with responsibility for drug control. He achieved success in the fight against drugs in the provinces of Logar, Ghazni, Wardak, Paktia, Paktika and Panjshir.
In 2010 he was appointed police chief for eight northern provinces. He personally commanded the elite Pamir 303 unit and was considered one of the most effective and central opponents of the Taliban.
According to the Federal Intelligence Service , Daud Daud was regularly involved in drug deals in the years before his death.
death
On May 28, 2011, Mohammed Daud Daud died at the age of 42 in Taloqan in an attack on a security conference between a NATO delegation and representatives of the Afghan authorities, to which the Taliban claimed responsibility. Six people died with him, including the police chief of Tachar province and two German armed forces. In addition, General Markus Kneip and five other soldiers from Germany were injured, some seriously, in the attack. According to initial reports, it was a suicide attack . The suicide bomber is said to have worn a police uniform and pretended to be the bodyguard of the conference. According to later preliminary findings by the international protection force ISAF and the Afghan National Security Directorate , however, it is said to have been a remote-controlled bomb that had been hidden the days before.
family
Daud Daud was married to a journalist and has a son who was born in 1999.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Willi Germund: Attack in Afghanistan. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . May 29, 2011, accessed May 30, 2011 .
- ↑ BBC: Afghanistan: Suicide blast kills top police commander. In: BBC . May 28, 2011, accessed May 31, 2011 .
- ↑ Afghanistan looks to a bleak future. December 2, 2011, accessed December 2, 2011 .
- ^ Afghanistan: Explosives attack in Talokan (5th update) at bundeswehr.de, May 30, 2011
- ↑ dpa: Talokan attack apparently not a suicide attack. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . May 30, 2011, archived from the original on June 3, 2011 ; Retrieved May 31, 2011 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Daud, Mohammed Daud |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Afghan politician and militia chief |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd January 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tachar Province |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 2011 |
| Place of death | Taloqan |