Atta Muhammad Nur
Atta Muhammad Nur | |
|---|---|
Nur in 2010 | |
| Governor of Balkh | |
| In office 2004 – January 25, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Mustafa Omari |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Ishaq Rahgozar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1964 (age 60–61) Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan |
| Political party | Jamiat-e Islami |
| Relations | Islam |
| Children | 7 |
| Profession | Politician, former Mujahideen leader |
| Ethnicity | Tajik |
Attā Muhammad Nur (also spelled Atā Mohammed Noor; Persian: عطا محمد نور; born 1964) is an Afghan exiled politician and former mujahideen leader who served as the Governor of Balkh Province in Afghanistan from 2004 to January 25, 2018. An ethnic Tajik, he worked to educate the Mujahideen after during the Soviet-Afghan War, gaining the nickname "The Teacher". He then became a mujahideen resistance commander for the Jamiat-e Islami against the Soviets.
When the Taliban government took power in late 1996, Noor served as a commander in the Northern Alliance under Ahmad Shāh Massoud against the Taliban and led operations in the Balkh area. In 2004, President Hamid Karzai appointed him as the governor of Balkh province. He has been described by The Economist as being "immensely wealthy." He was removed from the position of Provincial Governor by President Ashraf Ghani in January 2018.
During the 2021 Taliban offensive, Nur, along with Abdul Rashid Dostum, fled Mazar-e-Sharif to Uzbekistan in August 2021.