Murad Ali Murad | |
Office: | Deputy Interior Minister for Security |
President: | Ashraf Ghani |
Birth Place: | La‘l wa Sar Jangal, Ghor Province, Afghanistan |
Rank: | Lieutenant-general |
Unit: | Deputy Commander of 203rd Corps Commander of 209th Corps Commander of Afghan Ground Forces |
Battles: | Soviet-Afghan War War in Afghanistan |
Term Start: | 18 May 2017 |
Term End: | 22 May 2018 |
Office2: | Governor of Daykundi |
Term Start2: | 13 July 2021 |
Term End2: | 15 August 2021 |
Predecessor2: | Muhammad Zia Hamdard |
Successor2: | Aminullah Zubair |
Lt. Gen. Murad Ali Murad (مرادعلی مراد) is a politician and military personnel in Afghanistan, previously serving as Deputy Interior Minister for Security and Governor of Daykundi.[1] [2]
Gen. Murad has been responsible for the Afghanistan National Army since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 in various parts of the country.[3] He worked as Deputy Chief of Army Staff Afghanistan of the Afghan National Army, appointed to this command since 2015 after succeeding General Sher Mohammad Karimi.[4] He was dismissed on 22 May 2018. Murad then briefly served as the commander of the Kabul garrison.[5] He was appointed as governor of Daykundi Province on 13 July 2021.[6]