Bismillah Khan Mohammadi
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General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (or simply Bismillah Khan) is the Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army since 2002.
Before the fall of the Taliban, he was the Northern Alliance's Deputy Minister of Defence, under Ahmad Shah Massoud and later Mohammed Fahim. After the fall of Kabul to the United Front, he was appointed commander of the 2000 man Kabul police force, and a member of the Kabul Security Commission. He is an ethnic Tajik from the Panjshir Valley.
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- Davis, Anthony (2008-01-17). "Interview: General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, Chief of General Staff, Afghan National Army". Jane's Information Group. http://www.janes.com/news/security/capabilities/jdw/jdw080118_2_n.shtml. Retrieved 2008-10-27.
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