Juma Namangani, born Jumaboi Ahmadzhanovitch Khojayev (born in 1969, died 2001), After serving in the Soviet forces in Afghanistan, he fought in the Tajik Civil War with the Islamic forces against the government, and later founded the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) which led guerilla attacks from its bases in Tajikistan into Ferghana Valley inUzbekistan, as well as Batken region of Kyrgyzstan.

An American airstrike near Kunduz, Afghanistan killed him as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in November 2001.^[1] President Celal Bayar, King Zahir and Lord Serwar Nasher inspecting the once world-renown cotton of Kunduz Spinzar factory Kunduz (قندوز) is a city in Afghanistan; the name has also sometimes been rendered as Kûnduz, Qonduz, Qondûz, Konduz, Kondûz, Kondoz, or Qhunduz. ... Combatants United States Canada Australia United Kingdom Netherlands Philippines (in the Philippines theatre only) Northern Alliance GUAM Poland Italy Visegrad Group Hungary Ethiopia Somalia Estonia Latvia Lithuania Slovakia Vilnius group Croatia Albania Macedonia Romania Bulgaria Taliban al-Qaeda Abu Sayyaf Jemaah Islamiyah Islamic Courts Union Commanders General Tommy Franks Brig. ...

Namangani, conscripted into the Soviet Army in 1987, fought in the 1979 invasion of Afghanistan. Combatants Soviet Union Democratic Republic of Afghanistan Afghan and foreign Mujahideen rebels supported by nations such as: United States, Peoples Republic of China, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iran Commanders Soviet forces only Boris Gromov Pavel Grachev Valentin Varennikov Abdul Haq Jalaluddin Haqqani Gulbuddin Hekmatyar Mohammed Khalis Ismail Khan Ahmed Shah...

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"Where Is Juma Namangani?" by Vicken Cheterian, EurasiaNet, 7/17/00 http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav071700.shtml