Qari Fasihuddin
Qari 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 Qari Fasihuddin was born in Badakhshan Province and originated from Isterab, Warduj District. He belongs to the Tajik ethnic group and raised by religious family. Military career 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 Qari 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. Qari Fashiuddin is also the first Taliban leader to step foot into panjshir. He alongside his Taliban soldiers took control of Bazarak and thus took control of Panjshir province. In 2013, Qari Fasihuddin was