↑"Afghanistan blast kills dozens". CBC News. 2008-02-17. คลังข้อมูลเก่าเก็บจากแหล่งเดิมเมื่อ 2010-02-03. Officials blamed the Taliban and said police Chief Abdul Hakim Jan, a prominent pro-government militia commander who was fighting the militants, died in the attack.
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Faiez, M. Karim; King, Laura (2008-02-18). "Taliban foe among 80 slain in blast". Los Angeles Times. คลังข้อมูลเก่าเก็บจากแหล่งเดิมเมื่อ 2010-02-03. Jan, a former provincial police chief, had defied the Taliban as the austere Islamist movement rose to prominence in the 1990s. More recently, he led a locally recruited force that worked in concert with Afghan police and soldiers. His fighters operated in Arghandab, an area just north of Kandahar that was seized by the Taliban last year, then recaptured by Afghan and NATO troops. Jan was the only person who stood against the Taliban and fought with for about two weeks in their stronghold, Kandahar, in 1999. Since he had only seven soldier, it was impossible for him to fight long, he fled the country and went in exile to Pakistan. Taliban could not defeat, arrest or kill him.
↑"Afghan Bomber Targets Market Place". Sky News. 2008-02-18. คลังข้อมูลเก่าเก็บจากแหล่งเดิมเมื่อ 2010-02-04. Jan was the provincial police chief in Kandahar in the early 1990s and was the only commander in the province to stand up against the Taliban during its rule, said Khalid Pashtun, a parliamentarian who represents Kandahar.
