Qari Fasihuddin

Qāri Fasihuddin Fitrat (Dari/, ) is an Afghan military commander who is the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. He has been a senior member of the Taliban.

Early life and education

Qāri Fasihuddin was born in Badakhshan Province and originated from Isterab, Warduj District. He belongs to the Tajik ethnic group and raised by religious family. He completed his education at a madrassa in Yamgan District in the 1990s and subsequently worked as a primary school teacher there.

Military career

Fasihuddin joined the Taliban at an unknown year after moving to Karachi to study religion.

Following the Taliban’s fall from power in Afghanistan in 2001 after seizing control of Kabul in 1996, the movement created a de-facto governmental order that placed Taliban members—shadow officials—in control of specific areas within Afghanistan. At one point, Fasihuddin was the shadow governor of Badakshan. It is because of Qāri Fasihuddin that the entire Northern Alliance was toppled despite the fact that the Haqqani network and Mullah Yaqub, Mullah Baradar and Mullah Haibatullah were from Kandahar, Helmand, Kunar and Ghazni, where they faced a lot of resistance. He is known as the "Conqueror of the North" among the Taliban.

In 2013, Qāri Fasihuddin was appointed as the Taliban's shadow governor and head of the military commission in Badakhshan. In the same year, he first appeared in a Taliban propaganda video about the security situation in Badakhshan. In 2015, the Afghan Ministry of Interior falsely claimed that Qāri Fasihuddin had been killed with 40 of his men, but the claim turned out to be propaganda.

On 16 September 2021, Fasihuddin was quoted as saying that:

"Afghanistan would have a regular, disciplined and strong army in near future to defend and protect the country and consultations in this field continue," Fasihuddin said at a gathering in Kabul," adding members of the proposed army would be well-trained.

Qāri Fashiuddin is the first Taliban leader to enter Panjshir Province. He alongside his Taliban soldiers took control of Bazarak and thus took control of Panjshir.

Qāri Fasihuddin was also involved in the Balkhab uprising led by the Hazara leader Mehdi Mujahid.

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Regular and disciplined army to be created

Living people
Afghan Tajik people
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Badakhshan Province
Afghan military officers
Taliban commanders
Taliban leaders
Tajik military personnel
Tajik politicians

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