Atto Muhammadi Nur

Atto Muhammadi Nur was born: 1965 in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif of the province of Balkh Afghanistan. Ethnic Tajik . Nickname: (Teacher) (King of the North). Until 1979, he worked as a high school teacher, after the Soviet-Afghan conflict began , taught the Mojahedin, then became a member and field commander of the resistance of the party Jamiat Islami .

By 1992, it was considered the most influential field commander in the North of Afghanistan. In the same year, he joined the National Islamic Movement Rashid Dostum as deputy leader, but left the movement the following year.

In late 1996, he served as field commander in the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, Ahmad Shah Massoud, in the province of Balkh.

Governor of the province of Balkh since 2002. According to the rating, The Economist is considered one of the richest people in Afghanistan.

In the province of Balkh, he created a disciplined administration from among the commanders with whom he fought in the 1980s and 1990s;

At the expense of authoritarian methods, the local administration of Atto Nura achieved relative security and stability even in the most remote areas, which contributed to economic growth in the region;

In 2005—2007 implemented a program to eliminate opium poppy fields from 7.200 hectares of land;

In the August 2009 elections, he supported Dr. Abdullah Abdullah , half- Tajik ;

Completely controls the entire business in the province, including illegal, co-owner of all large companies in the region;

The population gives Atto Nuru full support in response to a safe life and good roads;

The administration of Atto Nur regularly receives additional funding as part of the restructuring of the priorities of the civil service and some payments from the US Department of Drug Enforcement;

Atto Nour's opponents characterize him as a corrupt leader who keeps people in fear and condones drug trafficking in the region;

In the meantime, Atto Nour’s security forces, together with the national army, are eliminating ISIL and Taliban groups in Balkh province .

Theses of public statements (active PR, including in social networks): Opposes a strategy for foreign troops to leave Afghanistan, because they fear the revitalization of the Taliban and at the same time does not support the presence of US bases in Afghanistan;

Previously opposing the negotiation process with the Taliban, against reconciliation with their former sworn enemies, now agrees to the inclusion of representatives of the Taliban in the government;

Calls on the government to keep people informed about the peace negotiations process with the Taliban;

Claims that gigantic funds aimed at combating opium poppy cultivation fall into the hands of mafia members, which expand the cultivation and smuggling of opium in the country; Calls upon countries of the world to cooperate with Afghanistan and support efforts to achieve stability in the country.

Atto Nur has five sons and two daughters. The eldest son studied in London, one of the middle ones at the American University of Dubai.

• King, Laura In Afghanistan, a governor who answers to no one . The Los Angeles Times (January 9, 2010). The appeal date is September 28, 2010.
• Clark, Kate In the shadow of the gun (Neopr.) . BBC News (June 30, 2005). The appeal date is September 28, 2010. Archived July 6, 2015.
• Gallanthus, Carlotta For An Ancient Town, Now Clashing ( Unopened ) . The New York Times (November 13, 2003). The appeal date is September 28, 2010.
• Ustad Atta Mohammad Noor visits elementary school in Seattle