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On 24 July , Kayani's tenure was extended for three more years by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani to continue the war efforts against the insurgent outfits. Forbes named him the world's 34th most powerful person in [ 3 ] and the world's 28th most powerful person in His humble background as the son of a JCO has endeared him to the junior ranks of the army.

Kayani was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th Battalion of the famed Baloch Regiment on 29 August After the war, Ashfaq continued to resume his studies and became more involved with his studies after joining the Command and Staff College in Quetta. During his long military career, Ashfaq has been on the faculty of School of Infantry and Tactics, also in Quetta.

As a Brigadier, he commanded an Infantry Brigade. Upon his promotion to two-star rank, Major-General Kayani served as the general officer commanding of the 12th Infantry Division stationed in Murree, deployed all over the LoC region and which comes under the X Corps. In September , Kayani's promotion to three-star assignment was approved by the President Musharraf and subsequently elevating him to three-star rank, Lieutenant-General.

The same year, he was appointed as the field operational commander of the X Corps in Rawalpindi.

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During Kayani's tenure at the X Corps, he led the successful investigation of the two back-to-back suicide attacks against Musharraf in December It is believed that Kayani won the trust of Musharraf after the investigation, and a prelude to Kayani's appointment as the sensitive position of ISI chief. Kayani was also present at the March meeting that took place between Musharraf and Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry , when the former military ruler informed the top judge that he was suspended.

Accounts of that meeting narrated that Kayani was the only one among Musharraf's aides who did not speak a word. At the time of the promotion, Kayani ultimately superseded the senior-most army general, Lt-Gen. Khalid Kidwai , who was on an extension for one year. On 28 November , Kayani succeeded Musharraf as chief of army staff after Musharraf's retirement.