 Gulan

Gulan (alternatively Sher Gulan) was an anti-Taliban militia leader, prior to the ouster of the Taliban.He was a member of a local anti-Taliban provisional administration that rose to power in Eastern Afghanistan, centred in Jalalabad, Nangarhar, before Hamid Karzai had assembled his nationwide provisional administration.According to "The Washington Post" Gulan lead one of the pincer movements in December 2001 that unsuccessfully tried to capture Osama bin Laden, and prevent his escape from Tora Bora to Pakistan.