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Qadam Shah Shahim an Afghan diplomat and former army officer. He served as the Chief of Staff of the

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from May 2015 to April 2017 before resigning amid political fallout over the

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Early life and education

Shahim, an ethnic Tajik, was born in the Tashkan district of

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, in 1962 and attended Keshm High School, graduating in 1982.

Military career

Early military career

From the early 1980s, Shahim fought with

Jamiat-e Islami Jamayat-E-Islami (also rendered as Jamiat-e-Islami and Jamiati Islami; fa, جمعیت اسلامی افغانستان, lit=Islamic Society), sometimes shortened to Jamiat, is a predominantly Tajik political party in Afghanistan. It was origin ...

against the

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. He later fought against other mujahedin factions during the

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, and then against the

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. In 1994, he was appointed as commander of 82 Regiment in Qargha, and in 1997 was made a Brigadier. In 2001, Shahim was commander of the 37th Brigade of Commandos and dealt often with foreign forces.

Late military career

In 2007, he commanded the 1st Brigade of the 111st Capital Division, based in Kabul. In 2011, he was appointed as commander of the 111st Capital Division, which is half the size of a normal division. Shahim was wounded in the July 2014 attack on

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and hospitalised in Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan hospital for further treatment. In May 2015, he was appointed as Chief of the General Staff of the Afghan National Army. In August and September 2016, Shahim visited India in order to enhance ties with the Indian army and to seek new avenues for acquiring military equipment.

References

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