Muhammad Qasim Fahim
Field Marshal Muhammad Qasim Fahim (9 October 1957 – 9 March 2014; Persian: محمدقسیم فهیم) also known as "Marshal Fahim Khan") was an Afghan military commander, and politician. He was the Vice President of Afghanistan from November 2009 until his death in March 2014.[1] He was the Defense Minister of the Afghan Transitional Administration, beginning in 2002. He also served as Vice President of Afghanistan from June 2002 to December 2004. Marshal Fahim was a member of Afghanistan's Tajik ethnic group.
Muhammad Qasim Fahim | |
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مارشال محمد قسیم فهیم | |
| First Vice President of Afghanistan | |
| In office 19 November 2009 – 9 March 2014 | |
| President | Hamid Karzai |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Zia Massoud |
| Succeeded by | Yunus Qanuni |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 October 1957 Omarz, Panjshir, Afghanistan |
| Died | 9 March 2014 (aged 56 or 57) Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Residence | Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Afghanistan |
| Branch/service | Afghanistan National Army |
| Years of service | 1978-2002 |
| Commands | Northern Alliance State Security Agency |
| Battles/wars | Russian war in Afghanistan Pakistan war in Afghanistan War against Taliban |
Muhammad Qasim Fahim Media
Marshal Fahim (center) standing next to former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani and former Russian President Vladimir Putin in October 2001.
Marshal Fahim greeting former U.S. President George W. Bush in 2006. Others to the side are Afghan President Hamid Karzai and 2nd Vice Afghan President Karim Khalili with the turban.
U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Hamid Karzai and Marshal Fahim at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 2010.
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