Mir Afghan, son of Abdul Halim and grandson of Omar, originally from the village of Dighan in the Panjpai district of Logar province, graduated from Al-Azhar University in Egypt and then chose the name Muhammad Qasim for himself. He added “Halimi” to his name due to his paternal lineage and became known as Muhammad Qasim Halimi. Here, listen to the untold truths of Mir Afghan/Qasim Halimi and recognize his true identity against all appearances.
From Egypt to Afghanistan: Halimi graduated from Al-Azhar University in Egypt. After graduation, he worked in the protocol department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the previous Islamic Emirate and was later appointed as a representative in Mazar-i-Sharif.
But with the arrival of the American invasion, Halimi was sidelined from the Islamic Emirate and began to seek ways to change his face as soon as possible. He was the one who reached out to Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and participated in the disclosure of the Islamic Emirate’s important secrets.
In the trap of national security: At a time when Afghanistan was newly caught in the clutches of American occupiers and the symbolic organizational structure of the Kabul puppet regime was in a state of pretense. The National Security Agency (Panjsheris) found a permit that had been issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the killers/murderers of Ahmad Shah Masoud. This document bore Halimi’s signature. Although the attack had no real awareness and the ministry was not aware of it either, the National Security Agency sent it to Bagram prison.
A Special Life in Bagram: In Bagram prison, Halimi lived under the cover and name of a special prisoner. He translated prisoners’ conversations for the Americans and assisted them in their investigations. A Kuwaiti mujahid named “Fayez Al-Kandari” said that Halimi was so close to the Americans that he asked questions like those of the Egyptian intelligence with the prisoners.
Espionage allegations: It is also said that he worked for Egyptian intelligence. Some Egyptian militants have claimed that he had close ties with Egypt’s Foreign Minister Amr Moussa and was gathering information for them.
Attempts to clear oneself: When he was released from Bagram prison, he spent some time in Peshawar with Abdul Rahman Zahid, who was the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs during the Islamic Emirate and a fellow countryman of Halimi. When he couldn’t find a suitable place for himself, he returned to Afghanistan, and it was then that he realized that his work there was not progressing. Essentially, Halimi had gone to Peshawar as a spy, not as a Taliban or Mujahid. When Halimi arrived in Kabul from Peshawar, his father-in-law, a skilled and well-known Mujahid, shed tears and lamented, This man has become an apostate, and what will be the fate of my daughter?
He introduced himself as the first spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate’s jihad against American occupation in a Twitter space, even though this was the job of Mawlavi Qudratullah Jamal, who had recently been appointed as the Deputy Minister of Information and Culture and was leading the effort under the name Hamid Agha.
A dark history: Halimi’s story is an example of his hypocrisy and changes. Every attempt he makes is only to hide the past, but truths cannot be erased from history. Accusations of espionage, close ties with Americans, and failed attempts to whitewash himself give him a face that will always remain in this web of hypocrisy and depravity.
