Abdul Basir Salangi

Abdul Basir Salangi
Abdul Basir Salangi speaking in 2011

Governor of Parwan Province, Afghanistan
In office 6 May 2009 – 8 June 2015
Succeeded by	Mohammad Asim Asim
Personal details
Born	Afghanistan
Political party	Jamiat-e Islami

Abdul Basir Salangi or Abdul Baseer Salangi is the former Governor of Parwan Province in Afghanistan, since 6 May 2009,^[1] and was a commander in the Afghan Civil War, aligned with Jamiat-e Islami and Ahmad Shah Massoud. Additionally, he was chief of Kabul after the fall of the Taliban until he was replaced by General Baba Jan after being indicted in the Shinpur scandal.

Karzai administration

Following the fall of the Taliban government in 2001, Salangi was appointed as the chief of police for Kabul. However the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission accused him of bulldozing 300 poor houses in the Shinpur district of Kabul and making room for warlords to put their houses.^[2] Following this Salangi was removed from his post and assigned as Police Chief of the volatile Wardak Province where he stayed until 2005. In 2008 Salangi was posted as governor of Parwan.

In 2010, as governor, he directed rescue efforts in the region after an avalanche struck the province.^[1]

Assassination attempts

Salangi has been a target of assassinations like many other Afghan politicians and government officials. On August 14, 2011, a team of about six suicide bombers launched a coordinated assault on the governor's palace in Charikar. Although Salangi survived the high-profile assassination, 19 other people were killed in the incident. The attack began with a car bomb explosion outside the front gate of his palace followed by suicide bombers storming in and blowing themselves up in the compound. Gen. Abdul Jalil Rahimi of the Afghan National Police said he was at a meeting with Salangi, Afghan army and police officials, and at least two NATO police advisers, when the assault began. He further said that "two of the bombers were able to get into the building of the governor's house", but were killed before they could reach their main targets. As usual, the Taliban claimed responsibility.^[3]

References

1 2 More bodies recovered from Afghan avalanche. Courier Mail. February 10, 2010.
↑ Afghanistan doing just fine, thank you ; Violence not as rampant as reported, officials say. USA Today. August 12, 2002.
↑ "19 dead in attack on Afghan governor's compound".

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Preceded by	Governor of Parwan Province, Afghanistan 6 May 2009–present	Incumbent

Governors of the provinces of Afghanistan

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Badghis	Gul Mohammad Arefi (2001–2005) Enayatullah Enayat (2005–2007) Mohammad Ashraf Naseri Dilbar Jan Arman Shinwari (2009–)

Baghlan	Mohammad Akbar Barakzai (2009–2010) Munshi Abdul Majid (2010–)

Balkh	Atta Muhammad Nur (2004–)

Bamyan	Habiba Sarabi (2005–)

Daykundi	Qurban Ali Oruzgani (2010–)

Farah	Roohul Amin (2008–2012) Mohammad Akram Khpalwak (2012-2014) Mohammad Asif Nang (2015-)

Faryab	Abdul Haq Shafaq (2006–)

Ghazni	Asadullah Khalid (2001–2005) Sher Alam Ibrahimi (2005–2006) Faizanullah Faizan (2007–2008) Osman Osmani (2008–2010) Musa Khan Ahmadzai (2010–)

Ghor	Ibrahim Malikzada (2001–2004) Abdul Qadir Alam (2004–2005) Shah Abdul Ahad Afzali (2005–2007) Baz Mohammad Ahmadi (2007–2009) Mohammad Eqbal Munib (2009–)

Helmand	Sher Mohammad Akhundzada (2001–2005) Mohammad Daoud (2005–2006) Assadullah Wafa (2006–2008) Mohammad Gulab Mangal (2008–)

Herat	Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani (2009–2010) Daud Shah Saba (2010–)

Jowzjan	Mohammad Hashim Zare (2007-2010) Alhaj Baymorad Qoyunly (July 2013 - )

Kabul	Haji Din Mohammad (2004–2009) Zabihullah Mojaddidy (2009–2011) Ahmadullah Alizai (2011-)

Kandahar	Gul Agha Sherzai (2001–2003) Yousef Pashtun (2003–2005) Asadullah Khalid (2005–2008) Rahmatullah Raufi (2008–2008) Tooryalai Wesa (2008–)

Kapisa	Ghulam Qawis Abubaker (2007–)

Khost	Arsala Jamal (2006–2008) Hamidullah Qalandarzai (2008–2009) Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2010–)

Kunar	Fazlullah Wahidi (2007–2013) Shuja ul-Mulk Jalala (2013-2014) Mohammad Omar Safi (2014-)

Kunduz	Engineer Mohammad Omar (2006–2010) Muhammad Anwar Jigdaleg (2010-)

Laghman	Mohammad Golab Mangal (2006–08) Lutfullah Mashal (2008–2010) Mohammad Iqbal Azizi (2010–)

Logar	Fazlullah Mojadeddi (2001–2004) Mohammad Aman Hamimi (2004–2005) Sayed Abdul Karim Hashimi (2005–2007) Abdullah Wardak (2007–2008) Atiqullah Ludin (2008–)

Nangarhar	Abdul Qadir (2001–2002) Haji Din Mohammad (2002–04) Gul Agha Sherzai (2004–)

Nimruz	Abdul Karim Brahui (2001–2005) Ghulam Dastagir Azad (2005–2010) Abdul Karim Brahui (2010– )

Nuristan	Jamaluddin Badr (2008–)

Oruzgan	Jan Mohammed Khan (2002–2006) Maulavi Abdul Hakim Munib (2006–2007) Assadullah Hamdam (2007–2010) Mohammad Sherzad (2010-)

Paktia	Pacha Khan Zadran (2001–2002) Taj Mohammad Wardak (2002–2002) Raz Mohammed Dalili (2002–04) Assadullah Wafa (2004–05) Hakim Taniwal (2005–2006) Rahmatullah Rahmat (2006–2007) Juma Khan Hamdard (2007–)

Paktika	Mohibullah Samim (2010–2014) Abdul Karim Matin (2015–)

Panjshir	Keramuddin Keram (2010–)

Parwan	Abdul Basir Salangi (2009–)

Samangan	Khairullah Anosh (2010–)

Sar-e Pol	Anwar Rahmati (2010–2012) Abdul Jabar Haqbeen (2012-)

Takhar	Abdul Jabbar Taqwa (2010–)

Wardak	Abdul Jabbar Naeemi (2005–2008) Mohammad Halim Fidai (2008–)

Zabul	Mohammad Ashraf Naseri (2009–)

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