Muhammad Arif Sarwari

Muhammad Arif Sarwari, also known as Engineer Arif, is a former intelligence official in Afghanistan. During the period of Taliban rule, Sarwani was the chief intelligence official of the Northern Alliance under Ahmad Shah Massoud. After the September 11th attacks, he was a major figure in coordinating with the CIA's JAWBREAKER team, which worked with the Northern Alliance and prepared the way for further military operations. After the fall of Kabul he and his organization took over the existing Afghan National Directorate of Security, but was removed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai in early 2004 and replaced by Amrullah Saleh.

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