List of Taliban leaders

See also: List of alleged Al-Qaida members

Leaders, Ministers and Deputy Ministers

Leaders, Ministers and Deputy Ministers "(italicized and bold name indicates captured or killed by U.S.-coalition forces)"
Name	Position	Situation
Mullah Mohammed Omar	Emir of Afghanistan; Head of the Taliban Movement	At large
Mullah Mohammad Rabbani	Chairman of the Ruling Council; Head of the Council of Ministers	Died in Pakistan of liver cancer, April 2001
Mullah Mohammad Hasan	First Deputy Council of Ministers	At large; spoke to Reuters by satellite telephone from an undisclosed location on May 4, 2003
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir	Second Deputy Council of Ministers	At large
Abdul Wakil Muttawakil	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Surrendered to US troops in 2002; released in 2003; ran for Afghan parliament in 2005.
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 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html Former minister says fugitive Taliban leaders living life of luxury in Pakistan] , "The Guardian", December 24 2001] ; at large
Mullah Abdul Jalil	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	At large
"Mullah Ubaidullah Akhund"	Minister of Defense	Captured by Pakistani forces, late Feb. 2007 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6410389.stm 'Taleban leader held' in Pakistan] , BBC News", March 2 2007]
"Mullah Abdul Razaq"	Minister of Interior Affairs	Afghan forces captured Razaq while scouring a rugged mountainous region north of Kandahar, April 1, 2003. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2909997.stm Fresh fighting in Afghanistan] , "BBC", April 2 2003] Razaq's son, Abdul, had been killed on September 5, 2002 as he tried to shoot President Hamid Karzai
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 [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/11/25/wpara25.xml&sSheet=/news/2001/11/25/ixhome.html Paras on alert for storming of Kandahar] , "The Telegraph", November 25 2001] ; at large
Mohammad Sharif	Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs	At large
"Qari Ahmadullah"	Minister of Security (Intelligence)	Killed in late December, 2001 by a U.S. bombing raid in the Paktia province [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1739244.stm Taleban spy chief 'killed in raid'] , "BBC", January 3 2002]
Mullah Nooruddin Turabi	Minister of Justice	Allegedly sheltered in Quetta by Pakistani officials by the end of 2001 ; captured by U.S. forces and then set free and given general amnesty in early January 2002 [http://www.boston.com/news/daily/10/attacks_afghanistan.htm US begins transferring terror prisoners to Cuban base: Gunfire errupts as plane with al-Qaida members takes off] , "Boston Globe", January 10 2002] [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,42555,00.html High-Ranking Taliban Leaders Surrender, Are Set Free] , "Fox News", January 9 2002]
Qari Din Mohammad	Minister of Planning	At large
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 [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/03/20/attack/main504122.shtml Taliban Vow Revenge] , "CBS News", March 19 2002] ; still at large
"Mullah Ghausuddin"	Foreign Minister	Killed in a gun battle in Zabul province, May 27, 2003 [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_28-5-2003_pg7_55 Taliban commander killed in Afghanistan] , "Daily Times", May 28 2003]
Mullah Abbas Akhund	Minister of Health	In February 2002, he was "hiding with his military force about 5 miles from Uruzgan village" [http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,198864,00.html How the U.S. Killed the Wrong Afghans] , "Time (magazine)", February 6 2002] ; at large
Sher Abbas Stanekzai	Deputy Minister of Health	At large
Mullah Abdul Salam Haqqani	Minister of Education	At large
Mullah Yar Mohammad	Minister of Communication	At large
Alla Dad Tayeb	Deputy Minister of Communication	At large
Alhaj Mullah Mohammad Isa Akhund	Minister of Mines and Industries	At large
Mawlawi Mohammadullah Mati'	Minister of Public Works	At large
Mawlawi Rostam Nuristani	Deputy Minister of Public Works	At large
Hafez Mohibullah	Minister of Haj and Religious Affairs	At large
Mawlawi Moslim Haqqani	First Deputy Council of Ministers	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? [http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/arr/arr_200306_64_4_eng.txt] )
Mullah Mohammad Jan Akhund	Minister of Water and Electricity	At large
Mawlawi Faiz Mohammad Faizan	Deputy Minister of Commerce	At large
Mawlawi Abdul Hakim Monib	Deputy Minister of Frontier Affairs	At large
"Mawlawi Shahid Khel"	Deputy Minister of Education	Captured in Afghanistan in early April 2003
"Sattar Sadozai"	"A key intelligence official"	Captured in Afghanistan in early April 2003
"Zabihullah Zahid"	Deputy Minister of Education	Arrested in Balkh province, Afghanistan in early August 2003

Governors

Governors
Name	Position	Situation
Mullah Niaz Mohammad	Governor of Kabul Province	At large
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir	Governor of Nangrahar Province; Head of Eastern Zone; (also see above)	Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of 2001 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html]
Mawlawi Khair Mohammad Khairkhwah	Governor of Herat Province	At large
Mawlawi Nurullah Nuri	Governor of Balkh Province; Head of Northern Zone	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 [http://www.hrw.org/press/2001/12/commanders1203.htm] ; whereabouts now unknown
Na'im Kucki	Governor of Bamian Province	At large
Commander Bahsir Baghlani	Governor of Baghlan	At large
Commander Arif Khan	Governor of Kunduz Province	Assassinated in Pakistan April, 2000
Mawlawi Shariqullah Mohammadi	Governor of Khost Province	At large
Mawlawi Ahmad Jan	Governor of Zabul Province	At large
Mullah Dost Mohammad	Governor of Ghazni Province	At large
"Mullah Badar"	Governor of Badghis Province	Captured by Afghan forces in the province of Badghis in early April 2003

Other high ranking officials, ambassadors and envoys abroad

Other high ranking officials, ambassadors and envoys abroad
Name	Position	Situation
Noor Mohammad Saqib	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court	Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of 2001 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html] ; arrested January 30, 2002 near Quetta by Pakistani authorities [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/01/31/wafg31.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/01/31/ixworld.html] ; whereabouts now unknown
Abdul Rahman Agha	Chief Justice of the Military Court	At large
"Mawlawi Mohammed Qalamuddin"	Head of the Vice and Virtue Ministry	Allegedly captured April 17, 2003, in Logar province, Afghanistan
Sayed Mohammad Haqqani	Ambassador to Pakistan	At large
Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi	Envoy to United States	Currently a student at Yale University [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/26/america/web.0226talib.full.php]
Abdul Hakim Mujahid	Envoy to the United Nations	Arrived in Pakistan in early December 2001 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1691217.stm]
General Rahmatullah Safi	Envoy to Europe	At large
Akhtar Mohammad Mansour	Head of Aviation	In early October, 2001, reports alleged that he was killed during air raids by U.S.-British forces [http://intellnet.org/news/2001/10/08/7496-1.shtml]
Hammdidullah, aka Janat Gul	Head of Ariana Afghan Airlines	Surrendered November 24, 2001 east of Konduz [http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/11/24/ret.afghan.surrender/ Taliban in north surrender in droves] , "CNN", November 24 2001] . Status later established by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal as "no longer enemy combatant" and released [http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/nlec/ Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classifed as "No Longer Enemy Combatants"] , "Washington Post"] .
Aljah Mullah Sadruddin	Mayor of Kabul City	Unknown
Mawlawi Abdul Hai Motma'in	Spokesman in Kandahar	At large
Toorak Agha	Ex-Governor of Paktia Province	At large
Mullah Baradar	?	At large

Field commanders

Other Taliban members of note

References