Habibullah Jan (died July 4, 2008) was an Afghan warlord who was elected to represent Kandahar Province in

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, the lower house of the national legislature, in 2005. He was a member of the Alizai tribe. He sat on the " Kandahar Security Shura". He was a "sometimes rival of residentKarzai", according to a report prepared at the

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. Karzai created the

Zhari District Zhari (, ) is a district in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Alternative spellings include Zheley (due to transliteration from Pashto), Zharey, Zharay, Zheri, or Zheray. The district was created in 2004 from land that was formerly part of May ...

out of parts of Maywand and Panjwai districts in 2004 as reward for Habibullah Jan helping defeat the

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Kandahar Kandahar is a city in Afghanistan, located in the south of the country on Arghandab River, at an elevation of . It is Afghanistan's second largest city, after Kabul, with a population of about 614,118 in 2015. It is the capital of Kandahar Pro ...

. He was assassinated by gunmen on July 4, 2008, while returning from a visit to an Afghan army outpost in Zhari District. The Navy School report asserted his assassins were Taliban.

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