Matiul Haq Khalis
Matiul Haq Khalis مولوی مطیع الحق خالص | |
|---|---|
| President of the Afghan Red Crescent Society | |
| Assumed office 4 October 2021 | |
| Emir | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
| Preceded by | Syed Sifatullah Qureshi |
| Prime Minister | Hasan Akhund |
| Deputy President | Nooruddin Turabi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1961 Nakarkhel village of Khogyani district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan |
| Parent | Mohammad Yunus Khalis (father) |
| Relatives | Anwar ul Haq Mujahid (brother) |
| Alma mater | Islamic University of Madinah University of Punjab Jamia Imdad-ul-Uloom Islamia Peshawar |
| Profession | Islamic scholar Politician |
Mawlawi Matiul Haq Khalis (born; 1961) (Pashto: مولوی مطیع الحق خالص) is the Afghan Taliban leader and President of the Afghan Red Crescent Society[1]
Early life and education
[edit]He was born in 1961 in Nakarkhel village of Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. He is the son of a late Afghan jihad commander Mohammad Yunus Khalis. After studying early religious education from his father, he migrated to Pakistan in 1978 and studied in various madrassas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In 1988 he received a Bachelor’s degree in Islamic law from the Islamic University of Madinah and a Master’s degree in Islamic studies from University of Punjab in Lahore, Pakistan. From 1990 to 1991 he studied Hadith at Jamia Imdad-ul-Uloom Islamia Peshawar. He is also a Hafiz-i-Quran[2]
He and his brother Anwar ul Haq Mujahid led a group called the Tora Bora Military Front.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "د اسلامي امارت په تشکیلاتو کې نوي کسان پر دندو وګومارل شول". باختر خبری آژانس. October 4, 2021.
- ^ "Brief Introduction of Members of the Negotiating Team of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan – Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan". Archived from the original on 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ "طالبان مذاکراتی ٹیم میں کون کیا ہے؟". BBC News اردو.
- ^ "Khales, Mati ul-Haq Mawlawi". www.afghan-bios.info.