Mohammad Ishaq Aloko ps, محمد اسحاق الکو; born 1935) is the

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since August 2008. He was appointed by

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after

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was forced to resign from the post. An ethnic

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, he was born in

Kandahar Kandahar (; Kandahār, , Qandahār) is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on the Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118. It is the c ...

, Afghanistan.

Education

Ishaq completed his middle school in Kandahar Province of Afghanistan. He is also a graduate of the Military High School and the Military Academy of

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. After the

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, Aloko moved to the Federal Republic of

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where he studied Law and Administration.

Work life

Aloko worked as an intelligence officer for former President

Mohammed Daoud Khan Mohammed Daoud Khan ( ps, ), also romanized as Daud Khan or Dawood Khan (18 July 1909 – 28 April 1978), was an Afghan politician and general who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, as leader of the 1973 Afghan coup ...

. From the early 1980s to the early 2000s he lived in Germany and worked at the Ministry of Justice in the State of

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. After the fall of

Taliban The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalist, militant Islamist, jihadist, and Pasht ...

, he returned to Afghanistan. He worked as the First Deputy Attorney General and President of the Commission for Guantanamo Detainees. He was also a member of the Advisory Board of the Attorney General. In August 2008, Aloko became the Attorney General of Afghanistan.http://quqnoos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1495&lang=pashto

Awards

In 2003, by a Presidential decree Aloko received an award for achieving an exceptional performance in government and for a paper on the affairs of the prosecutor. He also received an honorary Professorship degree in the affairs of the AGO and for successful prosecution by a Presidential decree.

Personal life

Aloko is since 40 years married. His main place of residence is in Germany, Schleswig-Holstein. He is the father of two sons and one daughter.

Academic works

Mohammad Ishaq Aloko has written several books. Some of them are: * Daoud Khan De KGB Pa Lamunu Kay (داود خان د کې جي بي په لمنو کې); * D Jalalabad Naghmay (د جلال اباد نغمې); * Putay Tubai (پټې توبې); * Saharona Che Amali Nashwal (ښارونه چې املي نشول);

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* Living people Government ministers of Afghanistan Afghan writers Pashtun people People from Kandahar 1935 births Attorneys General of Afghanistan {{Afghanistan-politician-stub