Afghan Biographies

Name:

hasib-panjshiri

Ethnic:
Tajik
Date of birth:
1992
Function/Grade:
Opposition Warlord
History and Biodata:

3. Biodata:

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Hasib Qoway Markaz aka Hasib Panjshiri was born on January 28, 1992 in Abdara village of Panjshir province. In 2014, after completing the higher military education, he entered the special units of the (National Directorate of Security) of Afghanistan.

After significant successes in various operations of this institution in different parts of Afghanistan, he achieved important positions in this institution. But in 2018, After eight years he stopped working with this organization. Later in 2019, he broadcast a video tape and claimed that the National Directorate of Security of Afghanistan asked him to assassinate six of the country's elites, but he refused.

After these statements, the National Security Directorate of Afghanistan issued a warrant for his arrest. In a statement, the Ministry of Interior Affairs (Afghanistan)|Ministry of Interior accused Hasib of the central forces of three murders and stated that he will be arrested soon. On March 24, 2019, special forces of National Directorate of Security and the Ministry of Interior of Afghanistan(MOA) went to Panjshir province to arrest him. After several hours of fighting, the Afghan Ministry of Interior announced that the operation to capture Hasib by the central forces had failed.

After the fall of the Republic of Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, the central forces with the forces under his command, led by Ahmad Masoud, prepared for armed defense against the Taliban.

With frequent Taliban attacks on Punjsher Valley and bloody conflicts in this province, he was able to inflict heavy casualties on the Taliban, but due to the lack of ammunition, lack of sufficient forces and the breaking of the battle lines by Taliban infiltrators, the central forces with the forces under his command had to They retreated.

On August 20, 2026, National Resistance Front (NRF) commander Hasib Panjshiri was ambushed alongside members of his group in northern Salang, in Afghanistan's Parwan province, while traveling toward Andarab district in neighboring Baghlan.

Among those killed with him were Commander Romal Panjshiri and Commander Atiq Andarabi.

Last modified:
08 September 2026
Established:
08 September 2026