Atta Mohammad Noor, the former governor of Balkh province in Afghanistan, has been accused of involvement in money laundering and the assassination of people in 2015.
Kauser News Agency received documents from Mazar-e-Sharif Khalid Walid City that allegedly show that Noor ordered his people to kill anyone who was ignoring Jamiat-e-Islami, a political party in Afghanistan.
Kauser News Agency also interviewed Shazaman, who was working with Noor’s brother-in-law, the former NDS deputy director of Mazar-e-Sharif. Shazaman claimed that Noor and his brother killed more than 100 people in Mazar-e-Sharif in different incidents. He also said that Masood, who was in charge of the Jamiat-e-Islami youth department, was recruiting youths from schools and universities to keep them busy with nationalist activities on social media. Masood was also gathering intelligence information for Noor, according to Shazaman.
Taliban GDI Department officer mentioned to Kauser News Agency that ”the Taliban government is currently investigating the allegations against Noor. The outcome of the investigation could have significant implications for Noor’s future. If the allegations are proven to be true, Noor could face criminal charges. He could also be stripped of his political office and assets”.
Kauser News Agency tried to reach out to Mr. Atta Mahammad Noor for Comments but Unfortunately no answer!
Noor is a former warlord who fought against the Taliban in the 1990s. He was appointed governor of Balkh province in 2011 by then-President Hamid Karzai. Noor was a vocal critic of the Afghan government’s peace talks with the Taliban. He resigned as governor in 2020 after the Taliban captured Mazar-e-Sharif.
In August 2021, Afghan militia leaders Atta Mohammad Noor and Abdul Rashid Dostum escaped from Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, after the Taliban took control of the city. Noor and Dostum had been leading local militia forces in the city’s defense, but they were forced to flee after the Taliban’s forces entered virtually unopposed.
Noor blamed the fall of the city on a “conspiracy” and said that he and Dostum had been targeted by the Taliban. He claimed that some of his own commanders had defected to the Taliban and that they had helped to facilitate the city’s surrender.
Dostum is an ethnic Uzbek warlord who commanded the 209th Corps of the Afghan National Army. He was a key figure in the Northern Alliance, which fought the Taliban in the 1990s. Noor is an ethnic Tajik who was the governor of Balkh province from 2004 to 2017. He was a vocal critic of the Afghan government and the United States. The escape of Noor and Dostum was a major blow to the Afghan government’s efforts to defend Mazar-i-Sharif. Their departure also highlighted the growing divisions within the Afghan security forces.
