Mullah Mohammad Nasim Akhundzada (died 1990) was a mujahideen commander and Pashtunwarlord who operated in Helmand Province, Afghanistan during the 1980s. Based out of Musa Qala in northern Helmand, Nasim was from the Alizai tribe.[1] He issued a fatwa legalizing poppy cultivation in 1981. During the 1980s he gradually consolidated power over most of Helmand, eliminating other mujahideen factions.[2] He was assassinated in March 1990 in Pakistan.[3] His nephew Sher Mohammad Akhundzada was the governor of Helmand until 2005 and is an important Afghan politician.
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