Sher Malang

Sher Malang was a governor of Nimruz Province, Afghanistan under the Taliban government.

Malang is remembered by locals for burning a local library, beating people with a stick, and believing the local people to be Shi'a (and thus heretics per Taliban belief) due to their proximity to Iran.[1]

Preceded by
Mullah Ghani
Governor of Nimruz Province
1995?
Succeeded by
Mullah Muhammad Rasul

References

  1. Robert D. Crews, Amin Tarzi. The Taliban and the crisis of Afghanistan. Harvard University Press, 2008. ISBN 0-674-02690-X, 9780674026902. Pg 185-187



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