Mohammed Rafie

{{Short description|Afghan politician (born 1946)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Mohammed Rafie
{{nq|محمد رفیع}}

| native_name =

| native_name_lang = ps

| image = 250px

| caption = General Dmitry Yazov (left) and Afghan Politburo member Mohammed Rafi (right) at the airport

| birth_date = 1946 (age 78)

| birth_place = Paghman, Kingdom of Afghanistan

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = Afghan

| party = PDPA (Khalq) until 1990
Watan Party

| profession = Military officer, politician

| branch = 20px Afghan Army

| rank = 20px Major General

| office1 = Minister of Defence

| term_start1 = 1979

| term_end1 = 1982

| term_start2 = 1986

| term_end2 = 1988

| president1 = Babrak Karmal

| president2 = Mohammed Najibullah

| office3 = Vice President of Afghanistan

| term_start3 = 1988

| term_end3 = 1992

| president3 = Mohammed Najibullah

| office4 = Minister of Public Works

| term_start4 = 1978

| term_end4 = August 1978

| president4 = Nur Muhammad Taraki

| predecessor4 =

| successor4 =

| battles = {{tree list}}

• 1973 Afghan coup d'état
• 1975 Panjshir Valley uprising
• Saur Revolution
• Soviet-Afghan War
• Siege of Khost
• Afghan Civil War (1989-1992)

{{tree list/end}}

| allegiance = {{flagicon|Afghanistan|1978}}{{flagicon|Afghanistan|1987}} Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

| honorific_prefix = Major General

| honorific_suffix = {{small|HDR(A)}} {{small|O.R.(B)}}

| awards = 24x24px Hero of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
24x24px Order of the Red Banner
24x24px Afghan KGB Medal

}}

Major General Mohammed Rafie (Dari/Pashto: محمد رفیع; born 1946) is an Afghan former military officer and politician who served as Afghanistan's minister of defence during the Soviet-Afghan War.{{cite book |last1=Adamec |first1=Ludwig W. |title=First supplement to the Who's who of Afghanistan: Democratic Republic of Afghanistan |date=1979 |publisher=Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt |location=Graz, Austria |isbn=3-201-01113-4}}

Rafie was born around 1946 in the Paghman area of Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. He is an ethnic Pashtun, and was an army officer in the Afghan Army's tank corps. He was appointed as the minister of public affairs following the Saur Revolution. In August 1978, he was ousted from his public offices by the Khalqi government.

Rafie was a member of the Politburo, Deputy Prime Minister, and Defense Minister. He served twice as Minister of Defense of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1984 and from 1986 to 1988.{{cite news|last=Weisman|first=Steven R.|title=Afghanistan Admits Cease-fire's Failure and Criticizes U.S.|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40713F93F5C0C7B8EDDAD0894DF484D81|work=The New York Times|date=April 28, 1987|access-date=February 25, 2018}}

Rafie also served as vice president under the government of Mohammed Najibullah.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5gKXi7wrQd8C|title=Whitaker's Almanack 1991|isbn=9780850212051|accessdate=12 December 2015|last1=Whitaker|first1=Joseph|year=1990}}