Nemat (militant)


Nemat
نعمت

Mufti Nemat in 2018
Allegiance
Years of service
  • ?–2014
  • 2016–18
Rank
  • Head of the military committee of Darzab and Qush Tepa, shadow governor of Jowzjan Province (Taliban)
  • Second-in-command for Jowzjan Province (Islamic State)
Battles / warsWar in Afghanistan
RelationsMawlavi Habibul Rahman (brother-in-law)
Other workSalafist cleric and religious teacher

Mufti Nemat, also known as Mufti Nematullah Qaweem (Persian: نعمت الله قاویم) or Mullah Nemat Mufti, is an Afghan militant and Salafist cleric who served as a field commander for the Taliban and later the Islamic State's Khorasan Province (ISIL-K) in northern Afghanistan, particularly Jowzjan Province. While waging an insurgency against the Afghan government, he has been accused of committing several war crimes.