Jamil al - Rahman Mawlawi Muhammad Hussain a . k . a . Jamil al - Rahman ( 1939 – 1991 ) was the leader of a Salafi st state located in Afghanistans Kunar province . Born in 1939 at Ningalam in the Pech valley , he was a member of the Safi Pashtun tribe , and was educated at the Panjpir madrasah , a Salafi institution financed by Saudi Arabia . During the 1970s , he joined the Islamist Muslim Youth movement led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar . In 1978 , as a member of Hekmatyar ' s " Hezbi Islami " , he journeyed between Kunar and Pakistan , organizing attacks against the Khalq regime , including the killing of a Khalqi schoolteacher . In 1979 , after the insurgency had taken hold in Kunar , Jamil al - Rahman became the amir of " Hezbi Islami " in that province . In order to gain control of the insurgency , he worked to undermine independent mujahideen fronts . In the summer of 1979 , he played a controversial role in the mutiny of Afghan Army troops at Asmar , with most of the parties involved blaming him for the failure of the uprising . The soldiers , who had intended to join the mujahideen , eventually dispersed , and their weapons were sold by " Hezbi Islami " in Pakistan . In 1985 ( or 1986 – 1987 , depending on sources ) he established his own party , a strict Salafi movement known as the " Jama ' at al Da ' wa ila al Qur ' an wa Ahl al - Hadith " . This group , ideologically close to the " Jamiat Ahle Hadith " , was known for its harsh treatment of civilians in government - controlled areas , and for attacking western aid workers and journalists . Due to his personal background and the proximity of the Bajaur Agency where many Arab militants were active , Jamil al - Rahman was able to secure private funding from Saudi Arabia ( reportedly from King Fahd himself ) and Kuwait , allowing him to operate independently . Many Arab volunteers , in particular Egypt ians , joined his movement . After the withdrawal of Soviet troops in 1988 , Kunar province fell entirely under mujahideen control . In the recently captured areas , armed groups committed many atrocities against the civilian population , and fought each other for supremacy over the province . Kunar , which had already suffered heavily during repeated Soviet offensives , was devastated by these clashes . Jamil al - Rahman managed to gradually eliminate all his rivals , either by the use of force or bribery , until the only other remaining force in Kunar was that of " Hezbi Islami " . In March 1990 , the two groups agreed to form a joint shura , but differences quickly reappeared , in particular over the question of the Gulf War . While Hekmatyar took an anti - American , anti - Saudi monarchy stance , Jamil al - Rahman chose to support his Saudi and Kuwaiti patrons . In January 1991 Jamil al - Rahman unilaterally proclaimed the creation of the Islamic Emirate of Kunar . He appointed his own ministers of Defense , Interior , Foreign Affairs , Justice , Information , Finance and Education . In accordance with his Salafi creed , Jamil al - Rahman tried to eradicate Afghan traditions which he considered un - Islamic , such as the use of flags over the graves of martyrs fallen in the jihad , and the building of monuments over the tombs of holy men ( pir s ) . In the spring of 1991 fighting resumed between Jamil al - Rahman ' s forces and " Hezbi Islami " , which lost most of its bases in Kunar . This prompted Hekmatyar to launch a counterattack with several hundred men , in cooperation of other mujahideen factions . On April 20 , 1991 , an explosion in his Asadabad headquarters , apparently the result of a Scud missile strike , killed many of Jamil al - Rahman ' s followers and he was overthrown by Hekmatyar . Local witnesses reported that the salafists were massacred by Hekmatyars men . Jamil al - Rahman was forced to flee to Pakistan , where he was assassinated on August 30 , 1991 by an Egyptian gunman who immediately committed suicide without explaining his act .