Sher Khan Nashir

Born as the son of the Khan of the Nasher clan of Ghilji Kharoti Pashtuns, he left Ghazni in the early 20th century as the Nasher family was exiled by the ruling Durrani King Amir Abdur Rahman Khan in order to weaken his nemesis.

[2] Sher Khan launched an industrialization campaign with major urban development and construction programmes of what then became Kunduz.

[3][4] He is also known as the founder of the Spinzar Cotton Company in Afghanistan, and implemented Qizel Qala harbour that was later named Sher Khan Bandar.

His nephew Ghulam Sarwar Nasher continued the economic development and transformed Kunduz into a thriving city with new residential housing, schools, and hospitals for the Spinzar factory workers.

[12] Kunduz became one of the wealthiest Afghan provinces, Spinzar Cotton Company became the largest and most successful private enterprise in the country with about 20,000 employees.