Mohammad Nasim Akhundzada

Mullah Mohammad Nasim Akhundzada (died 1990) was a mujahideen commander and Pashtun warlord who operated in Helmand Province, Afghanistan during the 1980s. Based out of Musa Qala in northern Helmand, Nasim was from the Alizai tribe.^[1] He issued a fatwa legalizing poppy cultivation in 1981. During the 1980s he gradually consolidated power over most of Helmand, eliminating other mujahideen factions.^[2] He was assassinated in March 1990 in Pakistan.^[3] His nephew Sher Mohammad Akhundzada was the governor of Helmand until 2005 and is an important Afghan politician.

Mohammad Nasim Akhundzada محمد نسیم آخوندزاده
Born	Helmand province, Afghanistan
Died	March 1990 Pakistan
Military career
Allegiance	Mujahideen
Battles / wars	Soviet–Afghan War

References

1. Malkasian, Carter (2013). War Comes to Garmser: Thirty Years of Conflict on the Afghan Frontier. Oxford University Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-19-997375-0.
2. Giustozzi, Antonio. "TRIBES" AND WARLORDS IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN, 1980-2005" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-10-16.
3. Malkasian 2013, p. 46.