Qari Fasihuddin

Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat قاري فصیح الدین فطرت
Chief of General Staff
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 September 2021
Supreme Leader	Hibatullah Akhundzada
Prime Minister	Hasan Akhund (acting)
Defence Minister	Mullah Yaqoob (acting)
Preceded by	Hebatullah Alizai
Personal details
Born	Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
Ethnicity	Tajik
Political affiliation	Taliban
Military service
Allegiance	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Branch/service	Military Affairs Commission (until 2021) Afghan Army (from 2021)
Rank	General[1]
Commands	Head of the Military Affairs Commission of Badakhshan Province (until 2021) Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces (2021–present)
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Taliban insurgency Operation Moshtarak Withdrawal of United States troops from Afghanistan (2011–2016) Fall of Kabul (2021) Islamic State–Taliban conflict Republican insurgency in Afghanistan Balkhab uprising

Qari Fasihuddin Fitrat (Dari/Pashto: قاري فصیح الدین فطرت, Pashto pronunciation: [qɑˈri fasɪhʊˈdin]) is an Afghan military commander who is the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.^[2][3] He has been a senior member of the Taliban.