Commander Panah Khan was one of the top commanders of Ahmed Shah Massoud's Jamiat-e Islami during the civil war in Afghanistan. He is reportedly deceased.[1]
Panah Khan Panjshiri | |
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Born | Afghanistan |
Allegiance | Jamiat-e Islami. |
Rank | General |
Soviet resistance
editOn 18 July 1986, a regime-staged court proceeding in Kabul sentenced Panah Khan to death in absentia, along with other resistance commanders Ahmad Shah Massoud, Ismail Khan, Alaudin Khan, Haqqani and Sayed Mansour Hussainyar.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Blood Stained Hands: Past atrocities in Kabul and Afghanistan's Legacy of Impunity" (pdf). Human Rights Watch. 2005. Retrieved 22 November 2009.
- ^ "History: 1980s". Embassy of Afghanistan - Tokyo. Retrieved 25 November 2009.