Hasib Qoway Markaz ( fa, حسیب قوای مرکز, born on January 28, 1992) is an Afghan military commander and one of the senior commanders of the

National Resistance Front of Afghanistan The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF), also known as the Second Resistance, is a military alliance of former Northern Alliance members and other anti-Taliban fighters loyal to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. The founder and p ...

. He is one of the key commanders under the command of

Ahmad Massoud Ahmad Massoud (Pashto/, ; born 1989) is an Afghan politician who is the founder and Leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan. He is the eldest son of anti-Soviet military leader Ahmad Shah Massoud. He was appointed as the CEO of Ma ...

and one of the most prominent anti-Taliban figures. He is now in charge of the special forces of the

in Panjshir province.

Biography

Hasib Qoway Markaz or (Hasib Panjshiri) was born on January 28, 1992, in Abdara, Panjshir province. In 2014, after completing higher military education, he entered the special units of the (

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). Hasib left the NDS in 2018. Later in 2019, he broadcast a video tape and claimed that the NDS asked him to assassinate six of the country's elites, but he refused. After these statements, the National Security Directorate of Afghanistan issued a warrant for his arrest. In a statement, the

Ministry of Interior An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

accused Hasib of three murders. and stated that he will be arrested soon. On March 24, 2019, special forces of

(NDS) and the Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan(MOA) went to Panjshir province to arrest him. After several hours of fighting, the Afghan Ministry of Interior announced that the operation to capture Hasib by the central forces had failed. After the fall of the Republic of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, the central forces with the forces under his command, led by Ahmad Massoud, prepared for armed defense against the Taliban. With frequent Taliban attacks on Panjshir Valley and bloody conflicts in this province, he was able to inflict heavy casualties on the Taliban, but due to the lack of ammunition, lack of sufficient forces and the breaking of the battle lines by Taliban infiltrators, the central forces with the forces under his command had to retreat.

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