Commander Shafi Hazara


Commander Shafi Hazara
قومندان شفیع هزاره
Native name
Shafi
شفیع
Birth nameMuhammad Shafi
محمد شفیع
NicknamesShafi Dewana
شفیع دیوانه
Born(1964-03-00)March 1964
Died22 August 1996(1996-08-22) (aged 32)
Cause of deathAssassination
Buried
Dahan Khakrez cemetery, Turkman Valley, Parwan Province
AllegianceHezbe Wahdat
RankBrigadier General
UnitBrigade Two
ChildrenMuhammad Rafi Shafi
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Commander Shafi Hazara (Dari/Hazaragi: قومندان شفیع هزاره; March 1964 – 22 August 1996) was an ethnic Hazara military commander in Afghanistan. He was a senior commander during the resistance of west Kabul and Hazarajat between 1991 and 1996. In the 1990s, he led Hezb-e-Wahdat's "Brigade 2" military wing against rival militias and, against the Taliban takeover.