Afghan Biographies
Turabi, Nooruddin Mullah
Name | Turabi, Nooruddin Mullah |
Ethnic backgr. | Pashtun |
Date of birth | 1958 |
Function/Grade | Taliban Leader |
History and Biodata | 2. Previous Functions:
Justice Minister (2000) A hardliner, who was not only in charge of the Taliban Justice Ministry but he was also the head of the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Suppression of Vice. It enforced the movement's strict interpretation of Islamic law, which includes public executions for convicted murderers and amputations for thieves. He is believed to have played a role in the destruction of two, 1,500-year-old sandstone Buddha statues that once towered some 180 feet high in central Afghanistan. The Taliban, who considered them symbols of paganism, destroyed them in 2001. Early Jan 2002 seven former Taliban leaders surrender to the Northern Alliance near Kandahar, Afghanistan, but were released. Turabi was one of two are on a US list of twelve most wanted Taliban leaders: Defense Minister Mullah Obaidullah Akhund and Justice Minister Mullah Nooruddin Turabi. They surrendered 1/7/02 and were released 1/8/02 by Afghans before US could question them and given general amnesty in early January 2002. For the time being Mullah Nooruddin Toorabi lives in Pakistan and is unter control of Pakistani authorities. Now Pakistan has agreed to free some Afghan Taliban prisoners that could be useful in reconciliation efforts, officials from both countries said on 20121114. The names of Turabi, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Mullah Jahangirwal (former secretary of Mullah Mohammad Omar) and Allahdad Tayab (former Deputy Minister) are being mulled. Taliban Justice Minister Nooruddin Turabi was among those eight prisoners released on 20121115. The eight prisoners on the list were: —Turabi.(confirmed 20121231) —Jahangirwal, who was a special assistant for the Taliban’s top leader, Mullah Omar. —Qutub, a Taliban leader. —Abdul Salaam, the Taliban’s former governor of Baghlan province. —Maulvi Matiullah, who was director of the customs house in Kabul under the Taliban regime; —Muhamad, the Taliban’s former governor of Kunduz province. —Sayed Sadruddin Agha, a former Taliban commander.
—Allah Dad, the Taliban’s former deputy minister of communication.(confirmed 210121231) |
Last Modified | 2022-08-14 |
Established | 2012-11-14 |