Mohammad Nabi Azimi

Mohammad Nabi Azimi
Nickname(s)Nabi
Born11 August 1943
Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Died3 March 2021
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
AllegianceParcham faction of People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA)
BranchAfghan Army
RankGeneral
Commands14th Division (Ghazni)
17th Division (Herat)
7th Division (Kabul)
Deputy Defense Minister and Garrison Commander of Kabul
Battles / wars1973 Afghan coup d'état
Soviet-Afghan war
Other workWriter

General Mohammad Nabi Azimi. (Dari: جنرال محمد نبی عظیمی) was the Deputy Defense Minister of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) who played a critical role in the fall of President Mohammad Najibullah. General Mohammad Nabi Azimi was an ethnic Tajik who belonged to the Parcham faction of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan. He was also the ambassador to the United Kingdom.