Background
He was born in 1961 in Kandahar, Arghandab District, in the Kandahar Alokozay tribe, of which he became the leader.
He was born in 1961 in Kandahar, Arghandab District, in the Kandahar Alokozay tribe, of which he became the leader.
He was Commander of Ghazni in 2009 and Commander of Kandahar Province from 2009 to 2011. On April 11, 2011, he was killed in a suicide bombing at the Kandahar headquarters. He had been marginalized from positions of government authority and influence during the war.
His appointment marked one of the few occasions on which a powerful provincial post was given to an Alokozai.