Qadam Shah Shahim
{{Short description|Afghan senior army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = General
| name = Qadam Shah Shahim
| native_name =
| image = 160717-D-PB383-011 (28366622265).jpg
| image_size =
| office = Afghan Ambassador to Oman
| president = Ashraf Ghani
| term_start = 11 December 2018{{cite news |title=Envoys submit copies of credentials |url=https://www.omanobserver.om/article/41761/Local/envoys-submit-copies-of-credentials |access-date=24 July 2022 |work=Oman Daily Observer |date=11 December 2018}}
| term_end = 15 August 2021
| office1 = Afghan Ambassador to Kazakhstan
| predecessor1 = Mohammad Farooq Baraki
| successor1 = Mohammad Farhad Azimi
| president1 = Ashraf Ghani
| term_start1 = 27 April 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.tolonews.com/afghanistan/ex-army-chief-defense-minister-tipped-ambassadors|title=Ex-Army Chief, Defense Minister Tipped As Ambassadors|date=27 April 2017|publisher=ToloNews}}
| term_end1 = 2018
| office2 = Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army
| predecessor2 = Sher Mohammad Karimi
| successor2 = Mohammad Sharif Yaftali
| president2 = Ashraf Ghani
| term_start2 = 22 May 2015
| term_end2 = 24 April 2017
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1962}}
| birth_place = Tashkan, Badakhshan, Kingdom of Afghanistan
| allegiance = {{flag|Islamic Republic of Afghanistan}}
| branch = File:Afghan National Army emblem.svg Afghan National Army
| unit = 111st Capital Division
| battles = Soviet–Afghan War
Afghan Civil War
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
}}
General Qadam Shah Shahim an Afghan diplomat and former army officer. He served as the Chief of Staff of the Afghan National Army from May 2015 to April 2017 before resigning amid political fallout over the 2017 Camp Shaheen attack.
Early life and education
Shahim, an ethnic Tajik, was born in the Tashkan district of Badakhshan, in 1962 and attended Keshm High School, graduating in 1982.{{Cite web|url=http://www.afghan-bios.info/index.php?option=com_afghanbios&id=2603&task=view&total=3198&start=2668&Itemid=2|title=Shahim (Kossmadar Padare Abu Shamal), Qadam Shah, Maj Gen|website=Afghan Biographies|access-date=27 December 2016}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.elections.pajhwok.com/en/2015/05/19/defence-minister-designate-new-army-chief-named|title=Defence minister-designate, new army chief named|last=Kakar|first=Javed Hamim|date=19 May 2015|work=Pajhwok Afghan News|access-date=27 December 2016}}
Military career
= Early military career =
From the early 1980s, Shahim fought with Jamiat-e Islami against the Soviets. He later fought against other mujahedin factions during the civil war, and then against the Taliban. In 1994, he was appointed as commander of 82 Regiment in Qargha, and in 1997 was made a Brigadier. In 2001, Shahim was commander of the 37th Brigade of Commandos and dealt often with foreign forces.
= Late military career =
In 2007, he commanded the 1st Brigade of the 111st Capital Division, based in Kabul. In 2011, he was appointed as commander of the 111st Capital Division, which is half the size of a normal division. Shahim was wounded in the July 2014 attack on Kabul Airport and hospitalised in Sardar Mohammad Daoud Khan hospital for further treatment. In May 2015, he was appointed as Chief of the General Staff of the Afghan National Army. In August and September 2016, Shahim visited India in order to enhance ties with the Indian army and to seek new avenues for acquiring military equipment.{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/afghanistan-army-chief-in-india-116083001386_1.html|title=Afghanistan army chief in India|date=30 August 2016|work=Business Standard|access-date=27 December 2016}}