Abdul Basir Salangi
Abdul Basir Salangi عبدالبصیر سالنگی | |
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Abdul Basir Salangi speaking in 2011 | |
| Governor of Farah | |
| Assumed office January 28, 2018 | |
| President | Ashraf Ghani |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Arif Shah Jahan |
| Governor of Parwan | |
| In office 6 May 2009 – 8 June 2015 | |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Asim Asim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1962 (age 62–63) Salang, Parwan Province, Afghanistan |
| Political party | Jamiat-e Islami |
| Ethnicity | Tajik |
Abdul Basir Salangi or Abdul Baseer Salangi, born on 8 August 1962 in Parwan, is the ethnic Tajik who has been a former Governor of Farah province in Afghanistan, and a commander in the Afghan Civil War, aligned with Jamiat-e Islami and Ahmad Shah Massoud. Additionally, he was chief of Kabul after the 2001 fall of the Taliban regime, until he was replaced by General Baba Jan after being indicted in the Shinpur scandal.