Abdul Basir Salangi or Abdul Baseer Salangi, born on 8 August 1962 in Parwan, is the ethnic Tajik who has been a former Governor of Farah province in Afghanistan,[1][2] and a commander in the Afghan Civil War, aligned with Jamiat-e Islami and Ahmad Shah Massoud.

Additionally, he was chief of Kabul after the 2001 fall of the Taliban regime, until he was replaced by General Baba Jan after being indicted in the Shinpur scandal.

[3] Following this Salangi was removed from his post and assigned as Police Chief of the volatile Wardak Province where he stayed until 2005.

[citation needed] In 2010, as governor, he directed rescue efforts in the region after an avalanche struck the province.

The attack began with a car bomb explosion outside the front gate of his palace followed by suicide bombers storming in and blowing themselves up in the compound.