Habibullah Jan

Habibullah Jan (died July 4, 2008) was an Afghan warlord^[1] who was elected to represent Kandahar Province in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of the national legislature, in 2005. He was a member of the Alizai tribe.^[1] He sat on the "Kandahar Security Shura".^[2] He was a "sometimes rival of [President] Karzai", according to a report prepared at the Navy Postgraduate School.^[2] Karzai created the Zhari District out of parts of Maywand and Panjwai districts in 2004 as reward for Habibullah Jan helping defeat the Taliban in Kandahar.^[1]

He was assassinated by gunmen on July 4, 2008, while returning from a visit to an Afghan army outpost in Zhari District.^[3] The Navy School report asserted his assassins were Taliban.^[2]