 | This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: He is probably not still the Governor of a province after the Taliban takeover of 2021. (June 2023) |
Abdul Basir Salangi عبدالبصیر سالنگی | |
|---|---|
 Abdul Basir Salangi speaking in 2011 | |
| Governor of Farah | |
| Assumed office January 28, 2018 | |
| President | Ashraf Ghani |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Arif Shah Jahan |
| Governor of Parwan | |
| In office 6 May 2009 – 8 June 2015 | |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Asim Asim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1962 (age 61–62) Salang, Parwan Province, Afghanistan |
| Political party | Jamiat-e Islami |
| Ethnicity | Tajik |
Abdul Basir Salangi or Abdul Baseer Salangi, born on 8 August 1962 in Parwan, is the ethnic Tajik current Governor of Farah province in Afghanistan,[1] [2] and was a commander in the Afghan Civil War, aligned with Jamiat-e Islami and Ahmad Shah Massoud. Additionally, he was chief of Kabul after the fall of the Taliban until he was replaced by General Baba Jan after being indicted in the Shinpur scandal.
- ^ "Abdul Basir Salangi". www.afghan-bios.info. Retrieved 2018-07-05.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Mailwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).