Abdul Hamid Khorasani عبدالحمید خراسانی | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance |  Taliban |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles/wars | Republican insurgency in Afghanistan |
Abdul Hamid Khorosani, known as Nasser Badri, is a Taliban military commander from Panjshir.
Abdul Hamid Khorasani عبدالحمید خراسانی | |
|---|---|
| Allegiance | Taliban |
| Rank | Commander |
| Battles/wars | Republican insurgency in Afghanistan |
Abdul Hamid Khorosani, known as Nasser Badri, is a Taliban military commander from Panjshir.
Khorosani led the Nahzat-e-Islami Muqawomat movement. Ministry of Interior Affairs put him on the wanted list for murder, extortion, hostage-taking, and drug smuggling, an accusation that he denied. On 9 January 2019, the police tried to arrest him by laying siege on his house and it failed. [1] Afghan Security forces arrested Khorosani on 25 June 2019 in Kabul for attempting violence attack in a demonstration. [2] Shortly after, he was released and expressed regret for his action. [3] Afterward, he posted a video on YouTube 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. [4]
In 2021, Khorosani joined the Taliban and was appointed as the security chief for Panjshir Province. He survived the NRF assassination attempt on 29 January 2022. Afterward, he released a video that threatened NRF if they still carried out attacks. In February 2022, he led the Taliban operation against NRF by searching and occupying caves and mountaintops in Panjshir Valley. [5] However, the Taliban fired Khorosani as security chief for Panjshir Province in March 2022 after releasing video that urged Hibatullah Akhundzada to dismiss Maulvi Qadratullah as Panjshir governor. He was replaced by Atiqullah Sediqi. [6] [3] He later worked at the Taliban's intelligence department in Kabul. [7]
In March 2023, he was appointed as the chief of Ahmad Aba District. [8] Later, he resigned from his job due to the disputes with the Taliban leadership.[ citation needed ] 2023 Afghanistan–Iran clash, in his Twitter, he warned Iran and threatened to capture Tehran.[ citation needed ] In June, he fell to coma due to an accident. [9]
In March 2024, during the Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmishes, Khorasani warned that Pakistan 'shall be eradicated from face of planet' if ordered by Hibatullah Akhundzada. [10]
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