Mohammed Fahim

Mohammed Fahim (2004)

Mohammed Qasim Fahim ( Persian محمدقسیم فهیم; Pashtun محمد قسيم فهيم; * 1957 in Omarz, Panjshir ; † March 9, 2014 in Kabul ) was an Afghan resistance fighter fighting the Taliban and foreign Islamists, and after 2001 one of the most important politicians in the country. He belonged to the Tajik ethnic group who populate much of Afghanistan.

Life

Fahim was a former commander of the Northern Alliance and fought during the Afghan Civil War (1989-2001) against the Taliban and foreign Islamists (Al-Qaida). Fahim also stood on the side of the Taliban opponents in the war in Afghanistan that the government of Afghanistan and the USA waged against the Taliban from 2001 onwards . Fahim was a senior member of the Shuray-e Nezar Party, an independent but the Jamiat-i Islāmi military wing, and Minister of Defense in Hamid Karzai's Provisional Government from 2002 to December 2004. His successor in this office was Abdul Rahim Wardak .

In a report by the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) between 2003 and 2005, he was accused of being involved in human rights abuses. At the end of 2011, the AIHRC accused him of numerous human rights violations. His unit is said to have systematically tortured political opponents (members of Hizb-i Islāmī (Hekmatyār) , including Karzai and captured Iranian intelligence agents, mostly ethnic Hazara ) from 1989 to 1992 . In addition, he is said to have been responsible for "special operations" in 1993, during the massacre of invading Hezb-e Wahdat fighters of the Hazaren in the Afshar district of Kabul . According to a report in the New York Times on July 23, 2012, which reported the existence of a map of human rights violations by the AIHRC, he threatened an AIHRC official with death.

He was Vice President of Hamid Karzai from the 2009 presidential election until his death. The Karzai government awarded him the title of "Marshal for Life". Fahim was considered a mentor to the warlord and politician Nazri Mohammad .

He died of a myocardial infarction on March 9, 2014 .

Web links

Commons : Mohammed Fahim - collection of images, videos and audio files

Warlords of Afghanistan: Mohammed Qasim Fahim ( Memento from January 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Thomas Ruttig: Human Rights in Kabul are "fuss". In: the daily newspaper . July 24, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2012 .
↑ Thomas Rüttig: Karzai assists three human rights activists. In: the daily newspaper . December 23, 2011, accessed December 27, 2011 .
↑ ^a ^b Christoph Ehrhardt: Not without my mujahideen. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . November 30, 2011, accessed December 1, 2011 .

personal data
SURNAME	Fahim, Mohammed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fahim, Mohammed Qasim (full name); محمدقسیم فهیم (Persian); محمد قسيم فهيم (psS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Afghan warlord and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Omarz, Panjshir
DATE OF DEATH	March 9, 2014
Place of death	Kabul

[MR-1] Thomas Ruttig: Human Rights in Kabul are "fuss". In: the daily newspaper . July 24, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2012 .

[TAZMenschenrecht-2] Thomas Rüttig: Karzai assists three human rights activists. In: the daily newspaper . December 23, 2011, accessed December 27, 2011 .

[FAZMudschahedin-3] Christoph Ehrhardt: Not without my mujahideen. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . November 30, 2011, accessed December 1, 2011 .