Dost Muhammad Khan

Dost Muhammad Khan was an Afghan military officer who served as a colonel in the Royal Afghan Army under King Zahir Shah. He was the father of the military commander Ahmad Shah Massoud and grandfather of NRF leader Ahmad Massoud.

Biography Dost Muhammad Khan was born in in Bazarak, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, to a Tajik family of the Sarkarda clan. His father, Muhammad Yahya Khan, was an Afghan military officer who fought under King Amanullah Khan in the Third Anglo-Afghan War against British India. Dost Mohammad Khan's wife, Bibi Khurshid, was described as a "modern-minded" woman who taught herself to read and write and was determined to educate her daughters alongside her sons.

After completing his military education, Dost Muhammad Khan served as colonel under King Zahir Shah. He later moved to Herat, where he served as chief of police. He was buried in Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.