Qayyum Khan Malang

3. Biodata:

Qayyum Khan Malang is the commander-in-chief of the "Sepahian Maihan" front. Commander Malang is a former member of the Afghan Army Special Forces born in Yaftal and led the liberation of Yaftal district from the Taliban.(20260719) Little information is available about the group. Local sources told Afghanistan International that it consists of people from different sections of society and residents of Badakhshan who came together in response to growing dissatisfaction with Taliban rule in the province. 

Sepahiyan-e Mihan carried out its first operation in Yaftali Sufla, an area near Faizabad that is considered more militarily vulnerable than some of Badakhshan’s mountainous districts.

Local observers believe the choice of district suggests that the group does not yet possess extensive military capacity or experience.