General David Petraeus with Bismillah Khan in July 2010 In 2002, Bismillah Khan became Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army, a post he held until 2010. ![]() Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army During that period the security situation in Kabul was better than in other parts of Afghanistan. ![]() Air Force, Bismillah Khan was appointed commander of Kabul's police force and became a member of the Kabul Security Commission. After the attacks of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent fall of the Taliban regime through United Front ground troops and the U.S. He was a senior commander in the anti-Taliban resistance, the United Front (Northern Alliance), led by Ahmad Shah Massoud. When the Taliban gained control over large parts of Afghanistan in 1996 establishing their Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Bismillah Khan served as Deputy Minister of Defense of the anti-Taliban and still recognized Islamic State of Afghanistan. Mohammadi was a former PDPA Parcham member, but after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan he aligned himself with mujahideen resistance commander Ahmad Shah Massoud. ![]() After graduating from 14th grade in Abu Hanifa Seminary he enrolled at Kabul Military University. An ethnic Tajik, he is the son of Ghausuddin of the Panjshir Valley. ![]() 2 Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Armyīismillah Khan Mohammadi was born in 1961 in the Panjshir Province of Afghanistan.
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