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Akhtar Mohammad Osmani

Akhtar Mohammad Osmani (died 19 December 2006) was the treasurer of the Taliban who was involved in the demolition of the Buddhas of Bamyan statues.

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Akhtar Mohammad Osmani was a Pashtun man from Afghanistan who later became the treasurer of the Taliban, and was the treasurer for the group. Osmani was considered as a successor to Mohammed Omar, and was responsible for defacing the Buddhas of Bamyan statues. In December 2006, he was killed by a USAF smart bomb in Helmand Province.

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