The Who is Who of the Taliban

As of March 01, 2000

by Jan Mohammad, Institute for Afghan Studies

See also our Afghanistan Who is Who Section

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The data compiled below contain a list of high-ranking Taliban officials. The list is not complete yet. However, we will add to the current list as additional information becomes available. Just a reminder to our readers that the names and job descriptions of the Taliban officials are accurate until March 1, 2000, when the list was being finalized. Changes may have occurred in Taliban's hierarchy since then.

 The list of Taliban's officials has been divided into four parts:

1. Taliban Leaders, Ministers and Deputy Ministers

2. Taliban Governors

3. Taliban's Other High Ranking Officials, Ambassadors and Envoys Abroad

4. Taliban Field Commanders

 Taliban Leaders, Ministers and Deputy Ministers  

NAME	POSITION
Mullah Mohammad Omar	Emir of Afghanistan; Head of the Taliban Movement
Mullah Mohammad Rabbani	Chairman of the Ruling Council; Head of the Council of Ministers
Mullah Mohammad Hasan	First Deputy Council of Ministers
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir	Second Deputy Council of Ministers
Abdul Wakil Motawakil	Minister of Foreign affairs
Abdul Rahman Zahed	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mullah Abdul Jalil	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Mullah Ubaidullah Akhund	Minister of Defense
Mullah Abdul Razaq	Minister of Interior Affairs
Mullah Khaksar	Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs
Mohammad Sharif	Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs
Qari Ahmadullah	Minister of Security (Intelligence)
Mullah Nooruddin Turabi	Minister of Justice
Qari Din Mohammad	Minister of Planning
Mullah Abbas Akhund	Minister of Health
Sher Abbas Stanekzai	Deputy Minister of Health
Mullah Abdul Salam Haqqani	Minister of Education
Mullah Yar Mohammad	Minister of Communication
Alla Dad Tayeb	Deputy Minister of Communication
Alhaj Mullah Mohammad Isa Akhund	Minister of Mines and Industries
Mawlawi Mohammadullah Mati'	Minister of Public Works
Mawlawi Rostam Nuristani	Deputy Minister of Public Works
Hafez Mohibullah	Minister of Haj and Religious Affairs
Mawlawi Moslim Haqqani	Deputy Minister of Haj and Religious Aff.
Mawlawi Abdul Raqib	Minister of Repatriation
Mullah Mohammad Jan Akhund	Minister of Water and Electricity
Mawlawi Faiz Mohammad Faizan	Deputy Minister of Commerce
Mwlawi Abdul Hakim Monib	Deputy Minister of Frontier Affairs

 

Taliban Governors 

NAME	POSITION
Mullah Niaz Mohammad	Governor of Kabul Province
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir	Governor of Nangrahar Province; Head of Eastern Zone; (also see above)
Mawlawi  Khair Mohammad Khairkhwah	Governor of Herat Province
Mawlawi Nurullah Nuri	Governor of Balkh Province; Head of Northern Zone
Na'im Kuchi	Governor of Bamian Province
Comander Bahsir Baghlani	Governor of Baghlan Province
Commander Arif Khan	Governor of Kunduz Province
Mawlawi Shafiqullah Mohammadi	Governor of Khost Province
Mawlawi Ahmad Jan	Governor of Zabol Province
Mullah Dost Mohammad	Governor of Ghazni Province

  

Taliban's Other High Ranking Officials, Ambassadors and Envoys Abroad

 

NAME	POSITION
Noor Mohammad Saqib	Chief Justice of Supreme Court
Abdul Rahman Agha	Chief Justice of Military Court
Mawlawi Qalamuddin	Head of Department of Preventing Vice and Propagating Virtue
Sayed Mohammad Haqqani	Taliban's Ambassador to Pakistan
Abdul Hakim Mujahid	Taliban's envoy to the United Nations
General Rahmatullah Safi	Taliban's envoy to Europe
Akhtar Mohammad Mansour	Head of Aviation
Mullah Hamidullah	Head of Ariana Airlines
Alhaj Mullah Sadruddin	Mayor of Kabul City
Mawlawi Abdul Hai Motma'in	Taliban's Spokesperson in Kandahar
Amir Khan Muttaqi	Ex-Minister of Culture and Information
Mullah Ghaus	Ex-Foreign Minister
Toorak Agha	Ex-Governor of Paktia Province
Mullah Baradar	Insufficient data

 

Field Commanders 

NAME	FRONT
Mullah Fazel	Insufficient data
Mawlawi Dadullah	Insufficient data
Mawlawi Nanai	Insufficient data
Mullah Ahmadullah	Insufficient data
Mawlawi Habibullah Ershad	Shamali, North of Kabul
Mullah Masher	Killed in action south of Kabul, 1995
Mullah Borjan	Killed in action in south-east Kabul, 1996, one day prior to Taliban's capture of Kabul city
Mawlawi Ehasanullah	Killed in action in 1998 after Taliban first captured Mazar-e Sharif

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