Mawlawi Mahdi Mujahid killed by the Taliban

The Taliban leadership announced that Mawlawi Mahdi Mujahid was killed in one of the border areas with Iran.

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According to Aljazeera, on August 17, the Taliban’s Ministry of Defense stated that 33-year-old disgraced Taliban field commander Mawlawi Mahdi Mujahid was killed while attempting to flee to Iran.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Defense reported that border troops in Herat eliminated Mawlawi Mahdi Mujahid during his escape attempt to Iran. It was previously reported that he had rebelled against the Taliban and settled in the northern Afghan province of Sar-e Pol.

Earlier, Afghan media claimed that the reason for the rift between the Taliban and Mawlawi Mahdi Mujahid was that leaders of Hazara descent, like other non-Pashtun ethnicities, were pushed out of the country’s political arena.

However, Aljazeera writes that the conflict between Mahdi Mujahid and the Taliban arose over “coal mines.”

Mawlawi Mahdi Mujahid is an ethnic Hazara, a representative of the Shia branch of Islam. He was the first Hazara to be appointed to a high-ranking position in the Taliban government. Previously, he headed the intelligence service of the Afghan province of Bamiyan, but was later removed from his position. In June of this year, their disagreements culminated in armed conflict.