Khalid Taha Ali was born in 1945 in the Amadiya district of Duhok Governorate. He was married and had completed his middle school education. In 1975, after the collapse of the Aylul Revolution he became a refugee in the country of Iran. Initially, he resided in the city of Naqadeh in Eastern Kurdistan, and later he was moved to the city of Karaj. In 1989, as a political refugee, he headed to the country of Austria and resided there. In 1999, he returned to Southern Kurdistan. He knew the Persian and Austrian languages.
On April 4, 1962, he joined the Peshmerga forces of the Aylul Revolution and became a Peshmerga in the first battalion under the command of Rashid Saeed Agha Doski, in the First Army of the Kurdistan Peshmerga Forces under the command of Asaad Khoshawi in the Amadiya region. At the beginning of 1963, he came to the Duhok region with his force. In the same year, they went to Sari Akre and participated in the fighting against the attacks of the Iraqi Army. After completing their mission, they returned to the back of Gali Duhok and participated in the Gali Duhok battle in the village of Khurniv. He participated in several battles against the Iraqi Army, including the Matina battle in Zakho and Gali Duhok. After the March 11, 1970 agreement, Khalid Taha Ali was made the person responsible for the Drivers' Union affiliated with the revolution. In 1971, he became the person responsible for the Duhok branch of the Workers' Union. In 1972, he went to Germany with Sheikh Latif and three other Iraqis to participate in a 40-day course on Workers' Union affairs, which had been organized by the German Workers' Union.
In 1974, when the Iraqi regime resumed the war against the Kurd, Khalid Taha Ali, as a representative of the Badinan First Army, was responsible for sending weapons, ammunition, and supplies to the First Branch in Amadiya, Duhok, and Zakho at the Kurdistan Democratic Party headquarters warehouse in Haji Omaran. After the cessation of the Aylul Revolution in 1975, he went to the city of Naqadeh in Eastern Kurdistan, and from there, he went to the city of Karaj with Asaad Khoshawi. In 1977, he became a truck driver, and by the order of Idris Barzani, he transported Peshmerga to Dr. Kamal Kirkuki, Wrya Saati, Azad Khafaf, Lieutenant Yunis, and Abdulrahman Ali. In 1978, he came back from Iran to the Nerwa region with President Masoud Barzani and was in the village of Lower Nerwa.
In 1989, he headed to the country of Austria and lived there as a refugee. In 1998, he participated in the activities of the Kurdistan Democratic Party organization in the country of Austria. In 1999, he returned to Southern Kurdistan and was made the person responsible for the Resistance Army in Spilke, Khalifan district, and continued in his duty until 2005. In the same year, he was retired.
On December 15, 2010, at the 13th Congress of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, due to his services, he was awarded the Barzani Medal by President Masoud Barzani the Barzani Medal was awarded to him.
Source:1- Archive of the Encyclopedia Board of the Kurdistan Democratic Party.