List of Taliban leaders

See also: Quetta Shura

Taliban leaders

Name	Position	Situation
Mullah Mohammed Omar	Commander of the Faithful	Founder and Spiritual leader of the Taliban Died in April 2013 in Afghanistan. He was confirmed dead in July 2015 by the Afghan government and then Taliban officials.
Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour	Commander of the Faithful	elected July 2015.

Name	Position	Situation
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar	Governor of Herat and Nimruz Province	One of the original founders of the Taliban along with Mullah Omar Said to be the Deputy leader of the Taliban
Mullah Obaidullah Akhund	Minister of Defense	Senior Taliban leader Captured by Pakistani forces, late Feb. 2007 Died of heart disease in a Pakistan prison in 2010
Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil	Foreign Minister	He was the last Foreign Minister in the Taliban government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Surrendered to Northern Alliance troops in Kandahar, 2001
Abdul Rahman Zahed	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	Allegedly created an impression that he entered Pakistan after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, but had returned before the end of 2001 to his home village in Loghar province; at large Reported to be a leader in the Taliban's Quetta Shura.[1] Reported captured in late February 2010.[1]
Mullah Mohammed Hassan Akhund	First Deputy Council of Ministers	At large; spoke to Reuters by satellite telephone from an undisclosed location on May 4, 2003 Reported to be a leader in the Taliban's Quetta Shura. Reported captured in late February 2010.
Mohammad Nabi Omari	Minister of Communications	Was the Taliban's chief of communications Listed as a member of the Taliban leadership.
Mullah Abdul Razaq	Commerce Minister	Afghan forces captured Razaq while scouring a rugged mountainous region north of Kandahar, April 1, 2003. Razaq's son, Abdul, had been killed on September 5, 2002 as he tried to shoot President Hamid Karzai. Abdul Razaq testified he had merely started out as a civilian, conscripted into Afghanistan's civil service by the Pakistan who was promoted to Commerce Minister, without ever becoming a member of the Taliban. He testified he had taken advantage of an amnesty Karzai offered when the Taliban fell, and had not been involved in politics since the fall of the Taliban.
Mullah Khaksar Akhund	Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs	Staged a public press conference in Kabul, late November, 2001 and denounced the Taliban; by August 2002, he supports the U.S.-backed Afghan government of Hamid Karzai; at large
Qari Ahmadullah	Minister of Security (Intelligence)	Killed in late December 2001 by a United States bombing raid in the Paktia province
Abdul Haq Wasiq	Deputy Minister of Intelligence	Served as Deputy Minister of Intelligence in the Taliban Intelligence Service. Served as acting Minister of Intelligence when Qari Ahmadullah was away from Kabul performing his duties as governor of Tahar province. Arrived at the Guantanamo detention camps on January 11, 2002, and he was held there until 31 May 2014.
Mullah Nooruddin Turabi	Minister of Justice	Allegedly sheltered in Quetta by Pakistani officials by the end of 2001; captured by United States forces and then set free and given general amnesty in early January 2002
Amir Khan Muttaqi	Minister of Culture & Information	Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of 2001 and still "hiding out in the Pakistani frontier" March 19, 2002; still at large
Mullah Ghausuddin		Killed in a gun battle in Zabul province, May 27, 2003
Mullah Abbas Akhund		* In February 2002, he was "hiding with his military force about 5 miles from Uruzgan village"; at large
Mawlawi Abdul Raqib	First Deputy Council of Ministers	Unknown (is he the same Abdul Raqib as the official from the agriculture department in 2003?)

Governors

Governors

Name	Position	Situation
'Mawlawi Abdul Kabir	Governor of Nangrahar Province	Head of Eastern Zone; (also see above) Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of 2001 Reported to be a leader of the Taliban's Quetta Shura. Reported captured February 20, 2010, in Nowshehra. Later released.
Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa	Governor of Herat Province and Minister of the Interior	Khairullah was one of the original Taliban members who launched the movement in 1994. Former Governor of Herat Province He was directly associated with Taliban Supreme Commander Mullah Muhammad Omar.
'Mawlawi Norullah Noori	Governor of Balkh Province	Head of Northern Zone Former Governor of Balkh Province. In December 2001, he was captured and known to be in Mazar-I Sharif in the custody of Afghan Northern Alliance commander Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum; Has been held in Guantanamo since its opening. Guantanamo analysts alleged he had been the chief bodyguard for the "Governor of Mazari Sharif" [sic], and had served as the acting governor in his absence.
Na'im Kucki	Governor of Bamian Province	At large A tribal leader of the Kuchi people. Former Minister of Tribal Affairs. Held in Guantanamo for several years.
'Mawlawi Ahmad Jan	Governor of Zabul Province	Sanctioned by the United Nations in 2000. Reported to be a leader in the Taliban's Quetta Shura. Reported captured in late February 2010.
Mullah Hassan Rehmani	governor of Kandahar province	Reported to be a leader in the Taliban's Quetta Shura. Reported captured in late February 2010.
Mullah Mir Muhammad	shadow governor of Baghlan province in 2010	Reported to be a leader in the Taliban's Quetta Shura. Reported captured in late February 2010.
Mullah Abdul Salam	shadow governor of Kunduz province in 2010	Reported to be a leader in the Taliban's Quetta Shura. Reported captured in late February 2010.
Mullah Abdul Salaam Alizai	Governor of Orūzgān Province in the 1990s |	* Defected to the government in December 2007.

Other high-ranking officials, ambassadors and envoys abroad

Name	Position	Situation
Abdul Salam Zaeef	Ambassador to Pakistan	He was the Afghan ambassador to Pakistan before the US invasion of Afghanistan. Detained in Pakistan in the fall of 2001 and held in Guantanamo Bay until 2005
Noor Mohammad Saqib	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court	Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of 2001; arrested January 30, 2002 near Quetta by Pakistani authorities; whereabouts now unknown
Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi	Envoy to United States
Abdul Hakim Mujahid	Envoy to the United Nations	Arrived in Pakistan in early December 2001
Hammdidullah, aka Janat Gul	Head of Ariana Afghan Airlines	Surrendered November 24, 2001 east of Konduz . Status later established by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal as "no longer enemy combatant" and released.

Field commanders

Name	Position	Situation
Mullah Mohammad Fazl	Chief of Staff	He was the former Taliban Deputy Defense Minister Held at Guantanamo Bay from 11 January 2002 until 31 May 2014.
Mullah Dadullah	senior military commander	Escaped from the siege of Kunduz in November 2001 and reached Kandahar. Took part in the evacuation of Kandahar, then may have returned to his native town Kajai in Helmand province. Allegedly participated (by giving orders via cell phone) in the murder of Ricardo Munguia on March 27, 2003. He was nicknamed by the anti-Taliban resistance before the Taliban government fell as the Lame Englishman because he a) lost a leg in the jihad and because b) he's as cunning as the devilish English. One of the most effective commanders in the resistance, he has been linked to massacres of Shi'a, the scorched earth policy of Shi'a villages in 2001 (which he boasted about once on the radio), the summary execution of men suspected of throwing hand grenades into his compound in 2001 (they were hanged at one of the main roundabouts), and suicide bombings. Killed on May 13, 2007.
Jalaluddin Haqqani	Described as Taliban's current military leader	First mujahideen commander to capture a city, Khost, from the Soviets, in 1991. Didn't ally with the Taliban until after their capture of Kabul in 1995. Hamid Karzai asked him to serve as Prime Minister, in an attempt to split off the Taliban's moderate wing.
Abdul Razaq Nafez	field commander	Released by Abdul Rashid Dostam in November 2001 after fighting near Kunduz and disappeared after fleeing to Kandahar
Mullah Shahzada	provincial commander	Interviewed by the New York Times in Pakistan, in 2003. Later reports, apparently based on the NYT article, additionally claimed he was captured in 2001, sent to Guantánamo, released 2003, killed in US raid on Taliban in late May 2004. But the only Shahzada held in Guantanamo wasn't captured until 2003, and wasn't released until 2005. There is no evidence that the Guantanmo detainee named Shahzada was ever a member of the Taliban, or that he had enrolled in the Taliban following his release.
Mullah Muhammad Hasan Rehmani	militia commander	At large In early 2010 an individual named "Mullah Hassan Rehmani" was reported to have been a recently captured leader of the Taliban's Quetta Shura. He was alleged to have been a former governor of Kandahar. A second recently captured Taliban leader was named "Mullah Muhammad Hassan". He was alleged to have been a former Taliban foreign minister.
Gul Mohammed Jangvi	field commander	On July 19, 2006 explained the Taliban's unexpected withdrawal from Helmand.
Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Osmani	field commander	Killed in U.S. airstrike in December 2006. Confirmed dead by Taliban officials.
Mullah Abdul Zahir	group commander	Killed in the U.S. airstrike that killed Osmani in December 2006
Sheikh Ilyas Khel	Commander	Captured in Pakistan as of August 2, 2007

• Mullah Dawood from Ghazni province on JPEL. Captured by Task Force 50 unit from 1 Pułk Specjalny Komandosów.

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan leaders

Name	Position	Situation
Maulana Fazlullah	Commander	Leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and former Taliban head in Swat District, Pakistan Swears allegiance to Mullah Mohammed Omar Believed to be currently residing in Kunar Province Afghanistan