Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya fita daga PMA Kakul a 1966 inda aka ba shi izini a matsayin 2nd-Lt a cikin 16th Self-Propelled (SP) a cikin Corps of Artillery. Laftanar Ahmed abokin aikin kwamandan sojojin ne a lokacin Kyaftin Pervez Musharraf. Ya shiga cikin yaki na uku
tare da Indiya a yammacin gaba.