Afghan Biographies

Taliban Leadership as of Aug 26, 2015


Name Taliban Leadership as of Aug 26, 2015
Ethnic backgr.
Date of birth
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26. August 2015
The newly emerged Taliban leadership in the Afghan provinces.  Their names are marked with an asterisk (*). In order  to reflect the networks of the Taliban, the Team also marked the original affiliation of the individual in brackets:

(QS) = Quetta Shura network;
(PS) = Peshawar Shura network;
(HQN) = Haqqani Network.



Name     
Function

Qari Fasihuddin (QS) (*)

Shadow governor, Badakhshan

Doctor Fazlullah (QS)

Military  commander, Badakhshan

Mullah Amanuddin (QS)

Military commander, Badakhshan


Mullah Abdulhakim a.k.a. Abdulqayum (QS)

Shadow governor, Badghis


Mawlawi Mohammad (QS)

Shadow governor, Baghlan


Mullah Sayid Sulayman Agha (QS)

Shadow governor, Daikundi


Mawlavi Baz Mohamamd (QS) (*)

Shadow governor, Farah


Mawlavi Salahuddin (QS & HQN)

Shadow governor, Faryab


Mawlavi Sadruddin Sarhadi (HQN)

Shadow governor, Ghazni

Doctor Khalili (HQN)

Haqqani commander, Ghazni-Paktya


Mawlavi Abdulkhaliq (QS) (*)

Shadow governor, Ghor


Mullah Jaylani (QS)

Taliban shadow governor, Helmand


Mawlavi Abdulwali Shuaybkhel (QS)

Taliban shadow governor, Herat


Hafiz Mohibullah (QS)

Taliban shadow governor Kabul


Mawlavi Gad Haji Lalla (PS) (*)

Taliban shadow governor, Kandahar
 

Ghazi Noorullah (PS)

Taliban shadow governor, Kapisa


Qari Baryal (PS) (*)

Taliban commander, Laghman, Kapisa, Panjsher, Parwan


Mawlavi Ahmad Jan (HQN)

Taliban shadow governor, Khost


Mawlavi Mohammad Omer Mukhlis (QS)

Taliban shadow governor, Kunar
 

Mawlavi Abdul Salam (*)

Taliban shadow governor, Kunduz

Shah Rahman (HQN)

Haqqani commander, Kunduz



Name

Function

Qari Zubair (Jundullah)

Head of Jundullah, Kunduz

 

Mawlavi Amin Jan Kochi (PS)

Taliban shadow governor, Laghman

 

Mawlavi Mir Ahmad Gul (PS)

Shadow governor, Nangarhar


Abdul Rahim Muslimdost (ISIL)

ISIL commander, Nangarhar


Mawlavi Abdul Qayum Rohani (QS) (*)

Shadow governor, Nimroz


Mawlavi Esmatullah (PS)

Shadow governor, Nuristan


Mullah Adam Khan Kochi (HQN)

Haqqani commander, Paktya, Logar

Mawlawi Ismail (PS) (*)

Shadow governor, Parwan


Mawlawi Najibullah Attaullah (QS)

Shadow governor, Sari Pul


Qari Ahmadullah Mullahkhel (PS) (*)

Shadow governor, Wardak,

former member  Hezb-i Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (QDi.088)

Mullah Nasrullah Matiullah (PS)

Shadow governor, Zabul


Mansoor Dadullah (FM)
Fidayi Mahaz commander, Zabul

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