Mohammad Panah

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Mohammad Panah
Personal details
Born11 Jan 1957
Safidchehr Village, Panjsher Province
Died15 Mar 1995
Paghman Valley, Kabul Province
Political partyJamiat-E-Islami Afghanistan
OccupationMilitary commander
EthnicityTajik
Military service
Years of service25
RankLieutenant General
Battles/warsAfghan Civil War (1992–1996)

General Mohammad Panah was a Tajik Afghanistan military commander who was loyal to Ahmad Shah Massoud.[1] Panah gained popularity after successfully fighting in Soviet incursions in the Panjsher Valley and northern areas of Afghanistan. Following the withdrawal of USSR forces from Afghanistan and the subsequent collapse of the communist regime in Kabul, Panah was a commander alongside Mohammad Fahim in the northern Kabul fronts; he fought the Hezb-e-islami, Hekmatyar, and the Taliban afterwards. He was killed in Paghman District during a Taliban offensive in Kabul.[2]

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  1. ^ "Biography of Commander Mohammad Panah". Afghan Web. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Current Challenges Due To Poor Management: Massoud". TOLOnews. Retrieved 2019-12-10.