Today, the 18th day of Hout (March 8), is the 10th anniversary of the passing of Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim.

The former president Hamid Karzai and the former Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, Abdullah Abdullah, called Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim an "unforgettable personality" of the country. 

“I honor the memory of my brother and best friend Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim. He was a patriotic figure who always strived for peace, stability, and national unity,” said Hamid Karzai on X. 

“Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim wished for the people of Afghanistan to live together in a peaceful and non-violent environment, with brotherhood and equality, and to contribute to the prosperity of their country,” Abdullah Abdullah also said on X. 
 
Marshal Fahim was born in 1957 in Omraz, a small village in Panjshir province. 

He started his primary education in his birthplace and then started his higher education in Islamic Sharia at the Arabic Institute of Kabul in 1970.

“His behavior with his people was very correct; that is, those who were in government during his time, he treated them well,” said Sayed Akbar Agha, a political analyst. 

After the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan, Marshal Fahim was made First Vice-President and Minister of Defense in Karzai's temporary government. 

Fahim Qasim was named the highest military rank of Marshal in appreciation of his service to Afghanistan, on May 5, 2002.

“When Russians invaded Afghanistan, he was with Afghans and had plans for the problems outside of Afghanistan, and even at the end his life, he used to try to manage the crises of Afghanistan,” said Zalmay Afghanyar, a military analyst. 
 
“He did not fulfill the responsibilities that he should have as a Mujahid, not only did he not fulfill the responsibilities; he did the opposite,” said Salim Paigir, a political analyst. 

Marshal Mohammad Qasim Fahim, the former first deputy of the president, died at the age of 56 due to a heart attack on March 8, 2014.