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Oct 25, 2026
Agnieszka Pikulicka-WilczewskaHOST
But Fateh's rule was eventually destined to end.
Agnieszka Pikulicka-WilczewskaHOST
In March this year, he was appointed deputy governor of the southern province of Zabul, far from Badakhshan, an attempt to remove a troublesome comrade from his source of wealth and independent power.
Agnieszka Pikulicka-WilczewskaHOST
He rejected the appointment.
Agnieszka Pikulicka-WilczewskaHOST
To add insult to injury, in the spring, the Taliban moved to curb unauthorized control over gold mining in Badakhshan and introduced a decree regulating gold extraction.
Agnieszka Pikulicka-WilczewskaHOST
The Taliban wanted greater control, a larger share of the profits, and more opportunities for their own people and companies in the region.
Agnieszka Pikulicka-WilczewskaHOST
This directly threatened Fateh's interests.
Agnieszka Pikulicka-WilczewskaHOST
In June, he was officially removed from his post as deputy governor of Zabul, a position he had never taken up.
Agnieszka Pikulicka-WilczewskaHOST
His associates in Badakhshan began losing their positions too, and the weapons of his private army of 350 men, fighters more loyal to him than to the Taliban leadership, were confiscated.
John GarvinGUEST
And the answer is a whole lot, you know, a whole lot.
John GarvinGUEST
And so we spun up, we went to Southern Afghanistan was our mission, went into Kandahar and then pushed units down into Spin Boldak, Zabol, up into North of Kandahar City.
John GarvinGUEST
Maywand was our original mission set and went out there.
John GarvinGUEST
And this was in 2009 where, you know, for the longest time, we thought this war was fairly quiet.