a predominantly Ismaili militia that controlled Baghlan Province during the 1980s and early 1990s. He was the subject of the 1989 documentary Warlord of Kayan, directed by Jeff B. Harmon, which won the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Early life

Sayed Jafar Naderi was born on May 5, 1965, in Kayan, Baghlan,