Afghan Biographies

Rasoul Khan Mohsini


Name Rasoul Khan Mohsini
Ethnic backgr. Tajik
Date of birth
Function/Grade Baghlan PC 2009 Chairman and Warlord
History and Biodata

2. Previous Functions:
Baghlan PC 2009 Chairman

3. Biodata:
Rasoul Khan Rasool Khan Rasul Khan Mohsini Mohammed Rsool Mohsini  is responsible for the Tajik power grab in Baghlan after 2001, and the marginalization of the Pashtuns that followed. He has been accused of seizing Pashtun lands, running drugs and brutally dispensing with his enemies. He has his own subcommanders, who are using government facilities, police vehicles, police uniforms. After the fall of the Taliban,he was in the trenches against them and came to the government with a huge amount of his fighters and militias from the mountains. A senior Special Forces sergeant in Baghlan said that  Rasoul Khan is one of the most crooked dudes one has ever meet. He’s got so many connections, all the way to the president himself. He can literally order a hit on anybody he wants.

Provincial Council building in Pul-i-Khumri one can find Rasoul Khan surrounded by a retinue of hardy-looking Tajiks. He said: As the representatives of the people, we are against the establishment of the Afghan Local Police (A.L.P).The danger of the A.L.P. is much worse than the Taliban. The people becoming members are all criminals. They’ve killed at least nine people so far. Others dismiss these objections as self-serving.  A.L.P. was anathema to Rasoul Khan because it represented a Pashtun threat to the Tajik hegemony over which he presided.

In the past, he was involved in drug trafficking and killed lots of people. Now all his relatives, friends and associates are in the government. The national police in Baghlan are not accountable to the chief of police. They are accountable to Rasoul Khan.

Mustafa Mohsini is  Rasoul Khan’s older brother.

Last Modified 2012-05-31
Established 2012-05-31