Sher Mohammad Karimi
| General Sher Mohammad Karimi | |
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| Gen. Sher Mohammad Karimi, as Chief of Army Staff, giving a speech during the ground breaking ceremony for the Afghan National Army Officers Academy in October 2012. | |
| Chief of Army Staff of Afghanistan | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 20 June 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Omar Daudzai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 November 1945 Khost, Afghanistan |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Afghanistan |
| Service/branch |  Afghan National Army |
| Years of service | 1970s – present |
| Rank |  General |
General Sher Mohammad Karimi (born November 11, 1945) is 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 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]
Education
Karimi isrban High School in Pashto, Dari, and English. He received his primary education at Sa, followed by a Military High School in Kabul.
- National Military Academy of Afghanistan in Kabul
- Kabul Commando Course (C) Kabulst
- CGSC (Staff Course A) Kabul
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom
- Fort Bragg in North Carolina
- Infantry Advance Course, Ranger course, Special Forces Course. Airborne Course (USA)
- Counter Insurgency and Intel Courses (India)
- NDC (India)
- Commando Course (Egypt)
- Near East and South Asia Strategic Studies. NESA.NDU (USA) Assignments:
- Platoon Commander, Commando BN, Company Commander, XO Battalion
- Battalion Commander
- Adjutant Guard Brigade
- G3 Division
- DG2 Central Corps
- DCS for Mobilization and Organization
- Special Assistant to CoS and head of the Advisory Board
- Deputy Chairman for DDR
- G3 ANA – Chief Operations
References
- ↑ Brown, Pamela (June 20, 2010). "Analysis of the Afghan Defesnse Appointments". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved March 29, 2011.
Karimi, a Pashtun, has been nominated to replace Bismillah Khan.
- ↑ Karimi, General Shir Mohammad Sher Sheer
- ↑ "Footage shows insurgents with U.S. ammo" Accessed at: http://www.afghanemb-canada.net/en/news_bulletin/2009/Nov/10/index.php
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| Military offices | ||
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| Preceded by Bismillah Khan Mohammadi |
Chief of staff of the Afghan National Army October 2, 2010–present |
Succeeded by |