Mohammed Fahim
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Field Marshal Mohammed Fahim |
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| محمد فهیم | |
Mohammed Fahim in 2004
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| Vice President of Afghanistan | |
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In office 19 November 2009 – 9 March 2014 |
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| President | Hamid Karzai |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Zia Massoud |
| Succeeded by | Yunus Qanuni |
| Minister of Defence | |
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In office 19 September 2001 – 1 December 2004 |
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| President |
Burhanuddin Rabbani Hamid Karzai |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Shah Massoud |
| Succeeded by | Abdurrahim Wardak |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1957 Omarz, Panjshir, Afghanistan |
| Died |
(aged 56 or 57) Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Spouse(s) | Nahid Fahim (1979–2014) |
| Children | 12 |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | Marshal Fahim |
| Allegiance | Afghanistan |
| Service/branch | Afghanistan National Army |
| Years of service | 1978–2002 |
| Rank |
 Field Marshal
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| Commands |
Northern Alliance State Security Agency |
| Battles/wars |
Russian war in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan (1996–2001) War against the Taliban |
Mohammad Qasim Fahim (Pashto/Persian:محمد فهیم, also known as "Marshal Fahim"; 1957 – 9 March 2014) was a politician in Afghanistan who served as Vice President from June 2002 until December 2004 and from November 2009 until his death. Between September 2001 and December 2004, he also served as Defense Minister under the Afghan Transitional Administration.
As military commander of the Northern Alliance, Fahim captured the Afghan capital Kabul in the fall of 2001 from the Taliban government. In 2004, President Hamid Karzai provided Fahim the honorary title Marshal and a year later, he became member of the House of Elders. He later became a recipient of the Ahmad Shah Baba Medal. Fahim was a member of Afghanistan's Tajik ethnic group. He was affiliated with the Jamiat Islami (Shura-e Nazar) party of Afghanistan.
Fahim was born in Omarz, a small village in the Panjshir Province of Afghanistan. He was the son of Abdul Matin from the Panjshir Valley. He is reported to have finished his studies in Islamic Sharia law at an Arabic institute in Kabul in 1977. Some sources have allegedly claimed that Fahim served as a member of the former Afghan intelligence service, KHAD, during the 1980s, although most reports indicate that he has been fighting the Communist rulers since the late 70s. He is said to have fled Afghanistan after the Communist coup of 1978, he became a refugee in Peshawar. He returned to Panjshir and began to work under Commander Ahmad Shah Masood.
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