Atiqullah Baryalai

Atiqullah Baryalai (born 1964) served as Deputy Defense Minister of Afghanistan from 2002 to 2004. He was also Commander of the North-Eastern Front against the Taliban and Al-Qaeda and headed the Disarmament Demobilization and Re-integration Commission (DDR), Revival and Rebuilding of National Army Commission and Reform Committee of the Ministry of Defense.

He was educated at Naderia High School, the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (BA, 1994), the Royal College of Defence Studies and the University of East Anglia (MA International Relations and Development Studies, 2012).