Anwar ul Haq Mujahid (born 1967,

Nangarhar Province Nangarhār (Pashto: ; Dari: ), also called Nangrahar or Ningrahar, is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the eastern part of the country and Border, bordering Logar Province, Logar, Kabul Province, Kabul, Laghman Province, Laghm ...

) is the son of deceased Afghan militant leader Mohammed Yunis Khalis, founder of the

Hezb-e Islami Khalis Hezb-e Islami Khalis () is an Afghan political ex-Mujahideen movement under Mohammad Yunus Khalis, who separated from Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-e Islami and formed his own resistance group in 1979. The two parties were distinguished as Hezb-e ...

. When Khalis died in 2006 his son took over the organization, but later transitioned to the

Tora Bora Military Front The Tora Bora Military Front (Pashto: Tora Bora Nizami Mahaz) is an insurgent group in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. It is led by Anwarul Haq Mujahid. The faction broke away from Hezb-e Islami Khalis (HiK) following the death of HiK's lead ...

. He was thought to have been arrested by the ISI during a raid in

Peshawar Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district p ...

in June 2009 and was released from internment later in 2012. On 22 August 2016 one of Taliban's spokesman,

Zabiullah Mujahid Zabihullah Mujahid (; ''Ẕabīḥullāh Mujāhid'' ; also spelled Dhabih Allah Mujahid) is an Afghan spokesperson who has been the chief spokesman for the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since 25 O ...

, announced that Anwar ul Haq had pledged allegiance to the new Taliban emir,

Hibatullah Akhundzada Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada (born 19 October 1967), also spelled Haibatullah Akhunzada, is an Afghan cleric who is the supreme leader of Afghanistan in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime. He has led the Taliban since 2016, and ...

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Politics of Nangarhar Province Afghan military personnel Living people Hezb-i Islami Khalis politicians Pashtun people 1967 births {{afghanistan-stub