Lieutenant-General Kiani took over the command of the X Corps from the outgoing Lieutenant-General Mahmud Ahmed , which he led until 2001 . Lieutenant-General Kiani attended the meeting Chief of Army Staff General Pervez Musharraf regarding the terrorist attacks in New York , United States where he , along with others , dissented from the war on terror policy . About the decision of supporting the United States , General Kiani maintained in 2008 : " '' The corps commander is a professional soldier and ignoring his advice leads to losses . '' " In 2001 , General Kiani was removed from his field command assignment and was posted in the Army GHQ in Rawalpindi as an Adjutant-General , which he served until his retirement in 2004 . During his farewell meeting with President Musharraf , General Kiani reportedly reminded him to commitment to doff his army uniform during a meeting , he said that the nation needed him . About commenting the Chenagai airstrike in Bajaur Agency , American forces was used in South and North Waziristan and 80 students were killed in a Bajaur Madrassa in an American operation
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Jamshed Gulzar Kiani