Md Fakhrul Ahsan is a major general in the Bangladesh Army and force commander for MINURSO, the UN peacekeeping mission in the Sahara. Prior to joining there, he was the GOC of the 10th Infantry Division and area commander, Cox's Bazar Area. Before that, he served as commandant of Bangladesh Military Academy.
Ahsan was selected at the ISSB for the 19th (BMA) Long Course and was commissioned on 23 December 1988. During his posting as director of army military intelligence, he played a significant role in Operation Twilight. In his long career, he also served as assistant defence attaché at Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi, India and in two peacekeeping missions, in Somalia (UNOSOM-II) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC). He also served as commandant of Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) in Bhatiary, Chattogram before taking over command of the 10th Infantry division.
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