Mohammad Hussain Sadiqi Nili

Muhammad Hussain Sadiqi Nili, commonly known as Sadiqi Nili was a prominent Hazara jihadist leader in Afghanistan.

Early life

Muhammad Hussain Sadiqi Nili was born in 1940 into a Hazara family in the Nili village of Daikundi province. He received his early religious education in his hometown before traveling to Najaf, Iraq, in 1970 for advanced religious studies.

Death

On 15 November 1990, Muhammad Hussain Sadiqi Nili was assassinated in his home in Nili, Daikundi by members of the Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, who shot him through a window. In the attack, both he and his three-year-old son were killed.