Baba Jan zahid, (also known as "General Babajan") is a former senior security official of the Afghanistan government. He was a general of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, but during the collapse of Najib's government, he entered Kabul with

Ahmad Shah Masoud Ahmad Shah Massoud (Dari/Pashto: , ; September 2, 1953September 9, 2001) was an Afghan politician and military commander. He was a powerful guerrilla commander during the resistance against the Soviet–Afghan War, Soviet occupation between 1979 a ...

's forces and served in various departments of the

Islamic State of Afghanistan The Islamic State of Afghanistan ( fa, , ''Dawlat-i Islāmī-yi Afghānistan'', ps, , ''Da Afghanistan Islami Dowlat'') was the government of Afghanistan, established by the Peshawar Accords on 26 April 1992 by many, but not all, Afgha ...

under the leadership of Ustad

Burhanuddin Rabbani Burhānuddīn Rabbānī (Persian: ; 20 September 1940 – 20 September 2011) was an Afghanistani politician and teacher who served as President of Afghanistan from 1992 to 1996 (in exile from 1996 to 2001). Born in the Badakhshan Province, Rab ...

. In the civil wars of Afghanistan, he has dealt heavy blows to the

hezb-i-islami Hezb-e-Islami (also ''Hezb-e Islami'', ''Hezb-i-Islami'', ''Hezbi-Islami'', ''Hezbi Islami''), lit. Islamic Party, was an Islamist organization that was commonly known for fighting the Communist Government of Afghanistan and their close ally ...

led by Golbedin Hekmatyar. After the emergence of the Taliban terrorist group, he joined the

Northern Alliance The Northern Alliance, officially known as the United Islamic National Front for the Salvation of Afghanistan ( prs, جبهه متحد اسلامی ملی برای نجات افغانستان ''Jabha-yi Muttahid-i Islāmi-yi Millī barāyi Nijāt ...

and fought international terrorism, including

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and the

Taliban The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state (polity), state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic fundamentalist, m ...

. At this time, he had three thousand armed forces under his command. After the

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, he became one of the main allies of

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...

and American forces, and played a pivotal role in the defeat of Al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorists. And he has served in different roles in the new government of Afghanistan under the leadership of Hamid Karzai.

Family

Zahid's brother

Mir Rahman Rahmani Mir Rahman Rahmani ( ps, , prs, میر رحمان رحمانی; born 1962) is an Afghan politician and businessman who is the current ''de jure'' Speaker of Afghanistan's House of the People (Wolesi Jirga, the House of Representatives), holdin ...

has served as the Speaker of the Afghan Parliament and a member of the Afghan Parliament for many years.

Military career

In 1991, zahid was promoted to General and was the commander of the Kabul Garrison during the fall of Dr. Najibullah's government until he joined the forces of

Ahmed Shah Massoud ) , branch = Jamiat-e Islami / Shura-e Nazar Afghan Armed Forces United Islamic Front , serviceyears = 1975–2001 , rank = General , unit = , commands = Mujahideen commander during the Soviet–Afghan WarC ...

and

Shura-e Nazar The Shura-e Nazar ( fa, شوراء نظار) (known as the Supervisory Council of the North) was created by Ahmad Shah Massoud in 1984 at the northern provinces of Takhar, Badakhshan, Balkh and Kunduz, during the Soviet-Afghan War. It compris ...

, where he was a member of the senior command. He was in charge of directing the long-range rockets used against Armed opponents of the government including

Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin The Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin ( fa, حزب اسلامی گلبدین; abbreviated HIG), also referred to as Hezb-e-Islami or Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), is an Afghan political party and former militia, originally founded in 1976 as Hezb-e-Isl ...

and

Al-qaida Al-Qaeda (; , ) is an Islamic extremist organization composed of Salafist jihadists. Its members are mostly composed of Arabs, but also include other peoples. Al-Qaeda has mounted attacks on civilian and military targets in various countri ...

terrorists. After the defeat of the Mujahideen, General Babajan joined the

. In October 2001, when the attacks against the

by American forces began, General Babajan was controlling approximately 2000 forces at

Bagram Airbase Bagram Airfield-BAF, also known as Bagram Air Base , is located southeast of Charikar in the Parwan Province of Afghanistan. It is under the Afghan Ministry of Defense. Sitting on the site of the ancient Bagram at an elevation of above sea leve ...

.General Baba jan has served in various high government positions in

Karzai Hamid Karzai (; Pashto/ fa, حامد کرزی, , ; born 24 December 1957) is an Afghan statesman who served as the fourth president of Afghanistan from July 2002 to September 2014, including as the first elected president of the Islamic Repub ...

and

Ashraf Ghani Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai (born 19 May 1949) is an Afghan politician, academic, and economist who served as the president of Afghanistan from September 2014 until August 2021, when his government was overthrown by the Taliban. Born in L ...

governments, such as the head of the Kabul garrison, the security commander of

Kabul province Kabul (Persian: ), situated in the east of the country, is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. The capital of the province is Kabul city, which is also Afghanistan's capital and largest city. The population of the Kabul Province is ...

, The General commander of the pamir 707 zone , The head of Heral province Security, The General commander of Pamir 303 Zone and several other positions. Following the fall of the Taliban he was appointed as Chief of Police for Kabul in 2003 replacing Abdul Baseer Salangi. In 2005 he was transferred to Herat. He has since retired from official politics and moved to business, and was able to secure a lucrative contract to supply forces at Bagram Airbase.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baba Jan, Abdul Wahid Living people People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan politicians People from Parwan Province Jamiat-e Islami politicians Afghan Tajik people 1953 births

Family

Military career

See also

References