Afghan Biographies
Mansur, Abdul Latif Mansoor
Name | Mansur, Abdul Latif Mansoor |
Ethnic backgr. | Pashtun |
Date of birth | 1968 |
Function/Grade | Minister of Energy and Water |
History and Biodata |
1. Former Minister of Water and Energy Minister of Energy and Water Minister of Water and Power MoWP MoEW:
Tahir Sharan acting (20190529)
3. Biodata:
Abdul Latif Mansur Abdul Latif Mansoor was born 1968 Garda Saray District, Paktia Province . He is a nephew of Nasrullah Mansoor and belongs to Sahak Ghilzai tribe . He was listed on 31 January 2001 as Minister of Agriculture of the Taliban regime so falling within the provisions of resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000) of the United Nations Security Council regarding acts and activities of the Taliban authorities. Abdul Latif Mansur was a member of the Taliban Supreme Council and Head of the Council’s Political Commission as of 2009.
Abdul Latif Mansoor is a former Minister of Agriculture during the Taleban’s Emirate and nephew of Nasrullah Mansur, who led a mujahedin party against the Soviet occupation called Harakat-e Inqilab-e Islami (Islamic Revolution Movement). As an Andar Pashtun from Zurmat district in Paktia, he is one of the few non-southern Pashtuns in the Taleban leadership. Mansur is ‘chief of staff’ to the Taleban leadership (Akhtar Mansur?) and secretary of the Leadership Council. A distant relative described his job as overseeing the council’s all 12 commissions and organisational departments. Before the news about Mullah Omar’s death, some analysts with knowledge of the Taleban structure considered him as holding the number three position of the Taleban. Militarily, Taleban groups loyal to Mansur operate in south-eastern Afghanistan under the Taleban military hierarchy, not as a parallel to the Haqqani ‘network’, but as uneasy comrades. Their areas of control have overlapped and there have been scuffles at times. Until 2009, Mansur was the head of the Peshawar Shura and of the Political Commission. In that year, he was arrested by the Pakistani authorities for talking about peace with the then head of UNAMA, Kai Eide. Him, six years later, being escorted to the first ‘official’ talks with the Afghan government is quite ironic, with Pakistan today favouring at least the appearance of wanting a political settlement in Afghanistan (albeit one that it controls). Mansur has been described by various family and Taleban sources as someone who has rejected ISI offers of partnership and resisted its efforts to court him. He was the only one, according to the Qatar office sources, mentioned to Pakistani officials by Akhtar Mansur as due to attend the Murree meeting.(20150805)
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Last Modified | 2023-04-04 |
Established | 2015-08-07 |