Mohammad Yunus Khalis
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Maulavi Mohammad Yunus Khalis (alternate spellings Yunis and Younas)(1919- July 19, 2006) was a mujahideen commander in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. His party was called Hezb-i-Islami ("Party of Islam"), the same as Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's party. The two are commonly differentiated as Hezb-e Islami Khalis and Hezb-i-Islami (Gulbuddin).
He was a hardline fundamentalist. After the fall of the commnunist government in 1992, his forces controlled Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan. In 2003 he joined the Taliban.
According to a statement from his son, Anwar al-Haq Mojahed, Yunis Khalis died on 19 July 2006.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Leader of Afghan mujahideen dies", BBC.co.uk, Monday, 24 July 2006.
[edit] External links
- Biography at www.khyber.org
- Khalis and the Moderate Parties - Libary of Congress country studies
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