page_title: Mohammed Asif Safi
section_title: Post-service life
hierarchical_section_title: Mohammed Asif Safi / Post-service life
caption_attribution_description: English: General Asif Khan January, 2007.
context_page_description: General Mohammed Asif Safi was an Army General in the Afghan National Army during King Zahir Shah's rule in Afghanistan, and later during the 1970s era of President Mohammed Daoud Khan.
context_section_description: During the communist regime, General Safi was put under house arrest twice during President Nur Muhammad Taraki and then Hafizullah Amin. He was not harmed because he was not associated with any political movement. Following the outbreak of the Soviet-Afghan War, General Safi developed medical depression. He was invited to many government sponsored events but Safi refused to attend, except those related to Afghanistan's military history and culture.
  In 1986, when Dr. Mohammad Najibullah became president, some freedom of movement and expression was restored in Afghanistan. However, security was constantly destabilizing during this time.
   
  General Safi did attend a Loya Jirga under President Najibullah. The Defense Ministry eventually honored Safi's service by putting his name and biography officially as the leading instructor of Course-e-Haa and Air Defense. Also during this period Safi was given a diplomatic passport and all his travel restrictions were removed. Safi left for India in 1989 before settling in United States in 1997. In 2005, he visited Mecca to fulfill Hajj and completed pilgrimage at age 81. General Safi died of natural causes on July 26, 2009. Safi's grave site is located in Sacramento Muslim Cemetery in northern California. He left behind his second wife and twelve children.
caption: Safi in January 2007.
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