*Source: DTN News / ANI
(NSI News Source Info) NEW DELHI, India - July 4, 2009: Afghan Army Chief General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi will be on a four day official visit to India from July 6 to July 9 in order to build up a peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan and to strengthen strategic partnership.
General Bismillah Khan on the left, and former U.S. Army General John Abizaid on the right. - 2005
General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi (or simply Bismillah Khan) is the Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army since 2002. Before the fall of the Taliban, he was the Northern Alliance's Deputy Minister of Defence, under Ahmad Shah Massoud and later Mohammed Fahim. After the fall of Kabul to the United Front, he was appointed commander of the 2000 man Kabul police force, and a member of the Kabul Security Commission. He is an ethnic Tajik from the Panjshir Valley.
General Mohammadi will call upon his Indian counterpart General Deepak Kapoor and visit military installations in Mumbai, Bangalore and Pune during his weeklong visit.
He is also likely to visit the National Defence Academy (NDA) in Pune. The academy has trained Afghan cadets in the past.
General Mohammadi is also scheduled to pay tribute to the Indian Martyrs at ‘Amar Jawan Jyoti’. A cultural visit to Taj Mahal - a symbol for eternal love and peace is also planned.
The Afghan Army Chief’s visit is expected to open a new chapter in the military relationship between the two countries, which at present is restricted to humanitarian projects.
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