Taliban - List of leaders

(taken “as is” from Wikipedia)

This wikipedia info was last modified on 30 December 2008

Groups:
Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Pakistan Taliban umbrella group, Dec. 2007
Islamic Emirate of Waziristan an association of Waziristani chieftains with close ties to the Taliban -
recognized by the Govt. of Pakistan, Sept 06

Name Position Situation

Emir of Afghanistan;
Mullah Mohammed Omar Head of the Taliban At large
Movement

Chairman of the
Ruling Council;
Mullah Mohammad Rabbani Died in Pakistan of liver cancer, April 2001
Head of the Council
of Ministers

At large; spoke to Reuters by satellite

First Deputy Council
Mullah Mohammad Hasan telephone from an undisclosed location on
of Ministers
May 4, 2003

Second Deputy
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir At large
Council of Ministers

Minister of Foreign Surrendered to US troops in 2002; released

Abdul Wakil Muttawakil
Affairs in 2003; ran for Afghan parliament in 2005.

Allegedly created an impression that he

entered Pakistan after the U.S. invasion of
Deputy Minister of
Abdul Rahman Zahed Afghanistan, but had returned before the
Foreign Affairs
end of 2001 to his home village in Loghar
province[1]; at large

Deputy Minister of
Mullah Abdul Jalil At large
Foreign Affairs

Captured by Pakistani forces, late Feb.

Mullah Ubaidullah Akhund Minister of Defense
2007 [2]

Afghan forces captured Razaq while

Mullah Abdul Razaq
scouring a rugged mountainous region
Minister of Interior north of Kandahar, April 1, 2003.[3] Razaq's
Affairs son, Abdul, had been killed on September
5, 2002 as he tried to shoot President
Hamid Karzai
 Staged a public press conference in Kabul,
late November, 2001 and denounced the
Deputy Minister of
Mullah Khaksar Akhund Taliban; by August 2002, he supports the
Interior Affairs
U.S.-backed Afghan government of Hamid
Karzai[4]; at large

Deputy Minister of
Mohammad Sharif At large
Interior Affairs

Minister of Security Killed in late December, 2001 by a U.S.

Qari Ahmadullah
(Intelligence) bombing raid in the Paktia province [5]

Allegedly sheltered in Quetta by Pakistani

officials by the end of 2001 [1]; captured by
Mullah Nooruddin Turabi Minister of Justice
U.S. forces and then set free and given
general amnesty in early January 2002 [6][7]

Qari Din Mohammad Minister of Planning At large

Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan

Minister of Culture before the end of 2001 and still "hiding out
Amir Khan Muttaqi
& Information in the Pakistani frontier" March 19, 2002 [1]
[8]
; still at large

Killed in a gun battle in Zabul province,

Mullah Ghausuddin Foreign Minister
May 27, 2003 [9]

In February 2002, he was "hiding with his

Mullah Abbas Akhund Minister of Health military force about 5 miles from Uruzgan
village" [10]; at large

Deputy Minister of
Sher Abbas Stanekzai At large
Health

Mullah Abdul Salam Minister of

At large
Haqqani Education

Minister of
Mullah Yar Mohammad At large
Communication

Deputy Minister of
Alla Dad Tayeb At large
Communication

Alhaj Mullah Mohammad Minister of Mines

At large
Isa Akhund and Industries

Mawlawi Mohammadullah Minister of Public

At large
Mati' Works

Deputy Minister of
Mawlawi Rostam Nuristani At large
Public Works

Hafez Mohibullah Minister of Haj and At large

 Religious Affairs

First Deputy Council

Mawlawi Moslim Haqqani At large
of Ministers

Unknown (is he the same Abdul Raqib as

First Deputy Council
Mawlawi Abdul Raqib the official from the agriculture department
of Ministers
in 2003? [1])

Mullah Mohammad Jan Minister of Water

At large
Akhund and Electricity

Mawlawi Faiz Mohammad Deputy Minister of

At large
Faizan Commerce

Mawlawi Abdul Hakim Deputy Minister of

At large
Monib Frontier Affairs

Deputy Minister of Captured in Afghanistan in early April

Mawlawi Shahid Khel
Education 2003

"A key intelligence Captured in Afghanistan in early April

Sattar Sadozai
official" 2003

Deputy Minister of Arrested in Balkh province, Afghanistan in

Zabihullah Zahid
Education early August 2003

Field Commanders

Name Position Situation

Mullah Fazel Mohammad Mazloom Chief of Staff at large

Jalaluddin Haqqani
Mullah Dadullah ?
Mawlawi Nanai ?
Mullah Ahmadullah ?
Mawlawi Habibullah Ershad
Abdul Razaq Nafez ?
Juma Khan
Mullah Shahzada
Mullah Haji Amir
Mullah Tohr Maqid
Muhammad Hasan Rehmani
Baitullah Mehsud
Sakhi Dad Mujahid
Gul Mohammed Jangvi
Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Osmani field commander
Mullah Abdul Zahir
Taliban's current military leader ?
(former Mujaheddin)
Killed
At large
?
Commander of Shamali front At large
at large
Military commander captured
provincial commander released from Gitmo
militia commander Killed in US raid
militia commander Killed in US raid Mullah
militia commander At large
field commander entered a truce on February 8, 2005.
field commander captured
field commander ?
Killed in U.S. airstrike
group commander Killed in the U.S. airstrike
 Governors
Name Position Situation
Mullah Niaz Governor of Kabul At large
Mohammad Province
Mawlawi Abdul Governor of Nangrahar Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of
Kabir Province; Head of Eastern 2001 [2]
Zone; (also see above)
Mawlawi Khair Governor of Herat At large
Mohammad Province
Khairkhwah
Mawlawi Nurullah Governor of Balkh In December 2001, he was captured and known to be in
Nuri Province; Head of Mazar-I Sharif in the custody of Afghan Northern Alliance
Northern Zone commander Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum [3]; whereabouts
now unknown
Na'im Kucki Governor of Bamian At large
Province
Commander Bahsir Governor of Baghlan At large
Baghlani
Commander Arif Governor of Kunduz Assassinated in Pakistan April, 2000
Khan Province
Mawlawi Shariqullah Governor of Khost At large
Mohammadi Province
Mawlawi Ahmad Jan Governor of Zabul At large
Province
Mullah Dost Governor of Ghazni At large
Mohammad Province
Mullah Badar Governor of Badghis Captured by Afghan forces in the province of Badghis in
Province early April 2003

Other high ranking officials, ambassadors and envoys abroad

Name Position Situation
Noor Mohammad Chief Justice of the Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of
Saqib Supreme Court 2001 [4]; arrested January 30, 2002 near Quetta by
Pakistani authorities [5]; whereabouts now unknown
Abdul Rahman Agha Chief Justice of the At large
Military Court
Mawlawi Head of the Vice and Allegedly captured April 17, 2003, in Logar province,
Mohammed Virtue Ministry Afghanistan
Qalamuddin
Sayed Mohammad Ambassador to Pakistan At large
Haqqani
Sayed Rahmatullah Envoy to United States Currently a student at Yale University [6]
Hashemi
Abdul Hakim Envoy to the United Arrived in Pakistan in early December 2001 [7]
Mujahid Nations
General Rahmatullah Envoy to Europe At large
Safi

Akhtar Mohammad Head of Aviation In early October, 2001, reports alleged that he was killed
Mansour during air raids by U.S.-British forces [8]

Other high ranking officials, ambassadors and envoys abroad contd.

Hammdidullah, aka Head of Ariana Afghan Surrendered November 24, 2001 east of Konduz[11] .
Janat Gul Airlines Status later established by a Combatant Status Review
Tribunal as "no longer enemy combatant" and released[12].
Aljah Mullah Mayor of Kabul City Unknown
Sadruddin
Mawlawi Abdul Hai Spokesman in Kandahar At large
Motma'in
Toorak Agha Ex-Governor of Paktia At large
Province
Mullah Baradar ? At large

Other Taliban members of note

David Matthew The "Australian Talib" • Captured during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan.
Hicks
John Walker Lindh The "American Talib" • Captured during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan,
now serving 20 years in prison in the United States
Yasser Esam Hamdi U.S. born Taliban member • Captured during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
and held in a naval brig in Norfolk, Virginia until
2004. He was deported to Saudi Arabia in Oct.
2004.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Taliban_leaders

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