Brigadier Khalid Mahmood Abbasi was commissioned in 15 Sind Regiment in 1988. The officer commanded his parent battalion in North Waziristan Agency and the Democratic Republic of Congo, from 2007-2009. He served on different command and staff appointments including platoon commander PMA, instructor at School of Infantry and Tactics Quetta, grade-1 staff officer in JSHQ and director in Infantry Directorate GHQ. He served twice under the banner of the United Nations, as an observer in Kuwait and Congo.