| Leaders, Ministers and Deputy Ministers (italicized name indicates captured or killed by U.S.-coalition forces) |
| Name |
Position |
Situation |
| Mullah Mohammed Omar |
Emir of Afghanistan; Head of the Taliban Movement |
On the lam |
| 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 |
? |
| Mawlawi Abdul Kabir[?] |
Second Deputy Council of Ministers |
? |
| Abdul Wakil Motawakil[?] |
Minister of Foreign affairs |
? |
| Abdul Rahman Zahed[?] |
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Allegedly created an impression that he entered Pakistan before the end of 2001, but had returned to his home village in Loghar[?] province [1] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html) |
| Mullah Abdul Jalil[?] |
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
? |
| Mullah Ubaidullah Akhund[?] |
Minister of Defense |
? |
| Mullah Abdul Razaq[?] |
Minister of Interior Affairs |
Afghan forces captured Razaq while scouring a rugged mountainous region north of Kandahar, April 1, 2003 [2] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2909997.stm). Razaq's son, Abdul, was killed on September 5, 2002 as he tried to shoot President Hamid Karzai |
| Mullah Khaksar[?] |
Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs |
? |
| Mohammad Sharif[?] |
Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs |
? |
| Qari Ahmadullah |
Minister of Security (Intelligence) |
Killed in late December, 2001 by a U.S. bombing raid in the Paktia[?] province [3] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1739244.stm) |
| Mullah Nooruddin Turabi[?] |
Minister of Justice |
Allegedly sheltered in Quetta by Pakistani officials by the end of 2001 [4] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html) |
| 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[?] |
First Deputy Council of Ministers |
? |
| Mawlawi Abdul Raqib[?] |
First Deputy Council of Ministers |
? |
| Mullah Mohammad Jan Akhund[?] |
Minister of Water and Electricity |
? |
| Mawlawi Faiz Mohammad Faizan[?] |
Deputy Minister of Commerce |
? |
| Mawlawi Abdul Hakim Monib[?] |
Deputy Minister of Frontier Affairs |
? |
| Mawlawi Shahid Khel[?] |
Deputy Minister of Education |
Captured in in Afghanistan in early April 2003 [5] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030405/wl_nm/afghan_arrest_dc_2) |
| Sattar Sadozai[?] |
"A key intelligence official" |
Captured in in Afghanistan in early April 2003 [6] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030405/wl_nm/afghan_arrest_dc_2) |
| Other high ranking officials, ambassadors and envoys abroad |
| Name |
Position |
Situation |
| Noor Mohammad Saqib[?] |
Chief Justice of the Supreme Coirt |
Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of 2001 [9] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html) |
| Abdul Rahman Agha[?] |
Chief Justice of the Military Court |
? |
| Mawlawi Mohammed Qalamuddin |
Head of the Vice and Virtue Ministry |
Allegedly captured April 17, 2003 in Logar province[?], Afghanistan [10] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030418/ap_on_re_as/afghan_taliban_arrested_3) |
| Sayed Mohammad Haqqani[?] |
Ambassador to Pakistan |
? |
| Abdul Hakim Mujahid[?] |
Envoy to the United Nations |
Arrived in Pakistan in early December 2001 [11] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1691217.stm) |
| General Rahmatullah Safi[?] |
Envoy to Europe |
? |
| Mahmoud Saikal[?] |
consul to Australia |
? |
| Akhtar Mohammad Mansour[?] |
Head of Aviation |
? |
| Mullah Hamidullah[?] |
Head of Ariana Afghan Airlines |
? |
| Aljah Mullah Sadruddin[?] |
Mayor of Kabul City |
? |
| Mawlawi Abdul Hai Motma'in[?] |
Spokesman in Kandahar |
? |
| Amir Khan Muttaqi[?] |
Minister of Culture & Information |
Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of 2001 [12] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html) |
| Mullah Ghausuddin[?] |
Foreign Minister |
Killed in a gun battle in Zabul province[?], May 27, 2003 [13] (http://www.myafghan.com/news2.asp?id=-1789519272&search=5/27/2003) |
| Toorak Agha[?] |
Ex-Governor of Paktia Province |
? |
| Mullah Baradar[?] |
? |
? |
| Field commanders |
| Name |
Position |
Situation |
| Mullah Fazel Mohammad Mazloom[?] |
Chief of Staff |
Released by Abdul Rashid Dostam in November 2001 after fighting near Kunduz, and disappeared [14] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html) |
| Mawlawi Dadullah[?] |
? |
Released by Abdul Rashid Dostam in November 2001 after fighting near Kunduz and returned to his home in Kajai[?], Helmand[?] province [15] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html); allegedly participated (by giving orders via cell phone) in the murder of Ricardo Munguia on March 27, 2003 [16] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030407/ap_on_re_as/reviving_taliban_7) |
| Mawlawi Nanai[?] |
? |
? |
| Mullah Ahmadullah[?] |
? |
? |
| Mawlawi Habibullah Ershad[?] |
Commander of Shamali front |
? |
| Abdul Razaq Nafez[?] |
? |
Released by Abdul Rashid Dostam in November 2001 after fighting near Kunduz and disappeared after fleeing to Kandahar [17] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html) |
| Juma Khan |
Military commander |
Captured by Afghan forces in the province of Badghis in early April 2003 [18] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030405/wl_nm/afghan_arrest_dc_2)
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