Afghan Biographies

Khorasani, Abdul Hamid Khurasani


Name Khorasani, Abdul Hamid Khurasani
Ethnic backgr. Tajik
Date of birth
Function/Grade Ahmadabad District Paktia Province Administrative Chief
History and Biodata

2. Previous Function:
Head ‘Nahzat-e-Islami Muqawomat’ (chief of the Nehsat-i-Islami Muqawmat office)
Warlord in Panjshir

Provincial Police Commander dismissed (20211226, 20220320)
Ahmadabad District Paktia Province Administrative Chief (20230314)

3. Biodata:
Abdul Hamid Khorasani alias Khurasani is the leader of an illegal armed group in Panjshir. He was wounded in a clash with security officers.(20210812) Abdul Hamid Khorasani leads a movement called ‘Nahzat-e-Islami Muqawomat’. Khorasani is accused of murder, extortion, hostage-taking and drug smuggling. He got arrested 3 times by the Afghan government for illegal activities and 3-4 months ago when the Taliban's hadn't captured Afghanistan he was making videos on his YouTube channel and Twitter saying " I would die but not surrender to the Taliban's" "Panjsher is my home and every Talib that steps here will die" And now he has joined an alliance with the Taliban's before even fighting.

Local sources in Panjshir province say there has been an armed clash between Taliban forces and Abdul Hamid Khorasani’s men. According to sources, the clash took place after Taliban forces shot and killed a young man in the Anaba district of Panjshir today Sunday afternoon. Abdul Hamid Khorasani, security chief of the Taliban Police Command for Panjshir province, confirmed the news.(20211226)

 

Abdul Hameed Khurasani, chief of the security department of the central province of Panjshir, has been dismissed and been replaced by Atiqullah Sediqi, local officials said on Sunday.(20220320)
 

Officials in Panjshir said that Khurasani was dismissed for misusing his authority three months ago.  

Khurasani in a video on social media said that he was dismissed by the provincial governor but his dismissal has yet to be signed by the Ministry of Interior (MoI). He accused the provincial governor of mistreating the residents of Panjshir and he urged the leadership of the Islamic Emirate to dismiss him.  “I am saying it again. I am waiting for the order of the Islamic Emirate,” he said. “… I am not a personal soldier of Mawlavi Qudratullah (Panjshir's governor).”(20220321)

Hameed Khurasani, a former deputy police chief for central Panjsher province, says he has refused to work in the security sector.(20220828)

Abdul Hamid Khurasani, former security chief of the Taliban in Panjshir, said that his brother, Qari Abdul Moqim, has been arrested by Mawlwi Musafir, the commander of the Taliban brigade in Panjshir.(20221119)


Panjsher’s former deputy police chief Abdul Hamid Khurasani has been appointed as administrative chief for the Ahmadabad district of southeastern Paktia province.(20230314)


 

Last Modified 2023-05-01
Established 2021-08-12