Khalid Rashid Ahmed, known as (Khalid Kocher), was born in 1957 in the village of Grafil, affiliated with the Semel district of Duhok Governorate. He is married and studied up to the primary level. In 1988, after the infamous Anfal campaign, he became a refugee in the Country of Turkey. In 1991, after the popular uprising of South Kurdistan, he returned to Duhok Governorate.
In 1972, he joined the Peshmerga forces of the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the First Battalion of Duhok. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he remained in the Semel district and did not become a refugee Outside the Country. In 1976, he rejoined the Peshmerga forces of the Gulan Revolution In 1979, he went to the village of Berman on the border between South and North Kurdistan and met with Jawhar Namiq and Karim Shingali (Sinjari). He spent a year with Abu Antar and later, with the Martyr Zorab, he toured the Duhok, Zakho, and Amedi regions and participated in the battles of Korka and Baze. In 1979, for the purpose of participating in the 40th-day mourning ceremony of the passing of the immortal Barzani (1903-1979), he went from the village of Hadrish to the city of Oshnavieh in East Kurdistan and later returned to Duhok. In the same year, for the purpose of participating in the 9th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, he went again to East Kurdistan and participated in the Congress.
In 1980, he joined the detachment of Sabri Ali Haidar and was later made the person responsible for the same detachment. After that, he was made the deputy person responsible for the Martyr Ahmed Haji Hussein organization, and later he was entrusted with the duty of being the person responsible for the Martyr Hormuz Malik Chako organization in the border area of Branch 1 of the Kurdistan Democratic Party. In 1988, he was made the person responsible for the Piran organization.
In 1988, after the infamous Anfal campaign and the chemical bombardment of the Badinan region by the Ba'ath regime, Khalid Kocher along with the people of the region and the Peshmerga, went to North Kurdistan and was later transferred by the Turkish government to a refugee camp in the city of Mardin. In 1991, after the popular uprising of South Kurdistan, he returned to the city of Zakho and was made the military person responsible for the Kurdistan Front in Duhok. Later, he was made the Commander of the Semel Force. During the formation of the Semel Joint Army, he was entrusted with the duty of Deputy Commander of the Army, and after the formation of the joint battalion, he was made the Commander of the Battalion.
In 1995, Khalid Kocher was made the Commander of the 9th Semel Battalion. In 1996, the same battalion was made the 15th Brigade, and he was entrusted with the duty of Commander of the Brigade. In 1998, he was made the Commander of the Spilik Force and continued in that duty until 2013. During his life as a Peshmerga, he was wounded several times.
On October 13, 1999, at the 12th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, due to the services he had provided, he was awarded the Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani.
Source:1- Archive of the Kurdistan Democratic Party Encyclopedia Board.