| Post: | Chief of Staff |
| Body: | the Islamic Emirate Armed Forces |
| Native Name: | Pushto; Pashto: د افغانستان د ملي اردو لوی درستیز |
| Incumbent: | Qari Fasihuddin |
| Incumbentsince: | 7 September 2021 |
| Department: | Ministry of Defense |
| Reports To: | Minister of Defense |
| Seat: | Kabul |
| Appointer: | Supreme Leader |
The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces[1] (Pushto; Pashto: د افغانستان د ملي اردو لوی درستیز) is the highest-ranking military officer in the military of Afghanistan (currently the Islamic Emirate Armed Forces), who is responsible for maintaining the operational command of the military.
Abdul Karim Mustaghni was army chief of staff until the 1973 overthrow of the monarchy. Under the rule of Hafizullah Amin, his brother in law Mohammed Yaqub served as Chief of the General Staff until being executed by Soviet-Parcham forces in December of 1979. In the late 1980s, during the communist regime, Nazar Mohammad served as army chief of staff, followed by Shahnawaz Tanai, from the Khalq faction of the PDPA[2] (August 1988 – March 1990), who was succeeded by Mohammed Asif Delawar following the 1990 coup attempt, which was led by Tanai.
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