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	Sher Mohammed Akhundzada
		Sher Mohammed Akhundzada is the governor of Helmand province.
		Akhundzada warns that the conduct of coalition troops and their Afghan allies could drive Afghans toward remaining Taliban influence.
		Other militants who have been captured by Akhundzada's forces thus far are Afghans from the refugee community in Pakistan.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/afghanistan/akhundzada.htm (165 words)

	Where Taliban Rules Again
		Sher Mohammed Akhundzada, a former governor of the province, is one of the police force's most powerful guardians in Helmand.
		Karzai softened the blow by appointing Akhundzada to the House of Elders, Afghanistan's senate.
		Akhundzada's brother Amir was allowed to keep an eye on the family's interests as Helmand's deputy governor.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines06/0624-02.htm (1533 words)

	send this page \| The Agonist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		An estimated 40,000 to 50,000 hectares of poppy are being cultivated in Helmand this year, at least a 50 per cent increase on last year.
		Engineer Daoud is widely respected as an honest man but, last summer, almost nine tons of opium were discovered in the offices of his predecessor Sher Mohammed Akhundzada, who claimed he had seized them and was on the point of handing them in.
		After intense British and American pressure to have him ousted, Mr Akhundzada was given a seat in the new upper house of the Afghan parliament.
	agonist.org /send/30618 (1086 words)

	Environmentalists Against War
		Helmand has had little development, and the provincial government is riddled with corruption and tribal nepotism and is heavily involved in the drugs trade.
		British and American pressure produced the removal of Sher Mohammed Akhundzada, the old governor, last December.
		No Western official will deny Mr Akhundzada was deeply embroiled in the drug trade, and although his replacement is seen as honest, nobody is prepared to say the same of the old governor's brother, who remains deputy governor, or the provincial police chief.
	www.envirosagainstwar.org /know/read.php?itemid=4081 (1565 words)

	WXIA-11alive.com - Print Article - Atlanta,Georgia,11Alive,ATLANTA,News,Weather,Doppler,sports,events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Twenty-three of the combat deaths occurred this year, making 2004 the deadliest yet and undermining claims by American and Afghan officials that militants are on the defensive and security is improving.
		On Saturday, security forces in southern Helmand province averted an apparent car bomb plot against the governor, his spokesman Mohammed Wali said.
		The car, containing 15 rockets wired for detonation by remote control, was found in the provincial capital Lashkargah on a road where Gov. Sher Mohammed Akhundzada was to pass 45 minutes later, Wali said.
	www.11alive.com /news/printarticle.aspx?storyid=50241 (600 words)

	U.S. military data for sale in Bagram (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The military also weighs any ties that any official has to President Hamid Karzai and members of his Cabinet or warlords as well as the risk of destabilization when deciding which officials should be removed, the presentation said.
		One of the men on the military's removal list, Sher Mohammed Akhundzada, was replaced in December as governor of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.
		The U.S. military believed the governor, who was caught with almost 20,000 pounds of opium in his office in summer, to be a heroin trafficker.
	www.virtualpetlist.com /forums/showthread.php?t=1903 (953 words)

	Karzai taps tribal fighters as police \| csmonitor.com
		Sher Mohammed Akhundzada and Jan Mohammed Khan are two tribal militia leaders drumming up forces in the south.
		Akhundzada, is eager to fight the insurgency that is flooding his region with refugees.
		"I went to Helmand to look for 500 men and 700 men came forward," says Akhundzada, who was the former governor of southern Helmand Province and commands a militia.
	www.csmonitor.com /2006/0613/p01s03-wosc.html (1056 words)

	U.S. Military Secrets for Sale at Afghan Bazaar : Indybay
		The men were involved in activities including drug trafficking, recruiting of Taliban fighters and active support for Taliban commanders, according to the presentation, which also named the military's preferred replacements.
		The U.S. military believed the governor, who was caught with almost 20,000 pounds of opium in his office last summer, to be a heroin trafficker.
		At the time, fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, his second-in-command Mullah Berader, and three other top Taliban commanders were all suspected of being in southern or central Afghanistan, according to the military briefing.
	www.indybay.org /newsitems/2006/04/11/18145121.php (1406 words)

	Security for Afghan election is high: 10/ 9/ 2004
		However, a mix-up between two groups of Afghan forces, each side believing the other were rebels, sparked an hour-long gunbattle that left four soldiers dead and four wounded, a senior official said yesterday.
		The clash between army troops, who were delivering election material, and militiamen loyal to the government occurred Thursday in a Taliban stronghold in southern Helmand province, Gov. Sher Mohammed Akhundzada told The Associated Press.
		The troops called in assistance from the U.S. military, but the mistake was realized before American warplanes could intervene.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/10-04/10-09-04/a02wn364.htm (326 words)

	USATODAY.com - Seven bodyguards of Afghan governor killed in suspected Taliban ambush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — Suspected Taliban rebels killed seven bodyguards of a provincial governor in an ambush in southern Afghanistan, an official said Sunday.
		The attack late Saturday occurred in the Mir Mundo area of Helmand province, 50 miles northwest of Kandahar, said Mohammed Wali Khan, a spokesman for the governor of Helmand.
		Helmand Governor Sher Mohammed Akhundzada was not traveling with his guards, who were all government soldiers.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2003-09-28-afghan-fighting_x.htm (402 words)

	The Hindu : International : High alert ahead of Afghan polls
		However, a mix-up between two groups of Afghan forces — each side thought the other were rebels — sparked an hour-long gunbattle that left four soldiers dead and four wounded, a senior official said Friday.
		The clash between army troops, who were delivering election material, and militiamen loyal to the Government occurred on Thursday in a Taliban stronghold in southern Helmand province, the Governor Sher Mohammed Akhundzada said.
		The troops called in assistance from the U.S. military, but the mistake was realised before American warplanes could intervene.
	www.hindu.com /2004/10/09/stories/2004100902081300.htm (294 words)

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