branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles rank article_title name
army commanding officer of the 1st special forces regiment mullaitivu , sri lanka july 19 , 1996 kandy , sri lanka sri lanka sri lanka sri lanka army special forces regiment parama weera vibhushanaya rana wickrama padakkama rana sura padakkama sri lankan civil war colonel a. f. lafir
 a.f. laphir
a. f. lafir

colonel a.f. laphir , pwv , rwp , rsp , sf -lrb- last name also spelled laffeer ; died july 19 , 1996 -rrb- was a sri lankan army officer who was the commanding officer of the 1st special forces regiment .
colonel lafir played a major role in the formation and development of the sri lanka army special forces regiment from the original combat tracker team .
he was awarded the parama weera vibhushanaya , the highest award for valour of the sri lanka army .
