Sher Mohammad Karimi

Sher Mohammad Karimi
Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi, as Chief of Army Staff, in May 2011.
Chief of Army Staff of Afghanistan
In office
20 June 2010 – 22 May 2015
Preceded byBismillah Khan Mohammadi
Succeeded byQadam Shah Shahim
Personal details
Born (1945-11-11) 11 November 1945 (age 78)
Khost, Afghanistan
Military service
Allegiance Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
Branch/serviceAfghan National Army seal Afghan National Army
Years of service1970s – present
Rank General
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General Sher Mohammad Karimi (born November 11, 1945) was the Chief of Army Staff in the Military of Afghanistan. An ethnic Pashtun,[1][2] Karimi was born in Khost Province of Afghanistan.

After the 1978 Saur Revolution in Afghanistan, Karimi was arrested and incarcerated by the Khalq faction of the PDPA communist party because of his Western education. He was employed as a director during Dr. Mohammad Najibullah Government in ministry of defence. Unlike many of his communist colleagues and the majority of the Afghan officer corps, Karimi had never received training in the Soviet Union. He was eventually forced into exile in Pakistan until the removal of the Taliban government in late 2001.

Karimi returned to his special-operations roots at Fort Bragg, North Carolina in February 2010. Previously, he served as the Chief of Operations for the Afghan Ministry of Defense.[3]

  1. ^ Brown, Pamela (June 20, 2010). "Analysis of the Afghan Defesnse Appointments" (PDF). Institute for the Study of War. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 6, 2011. Retrieved March 29, 2011. Karimi, a Pashtun, has been nominated to replace Bismillah Khan.
  2. ^ Karimi, General Shir Mohammad Sher Sheer
  3. ^ "Footage shows insurgents with U.S. ammo" Accessed at: http://www.afghanemb-canada.net/en/news_bulletin/2009/Nov/10/index.php