Head of the Rah-e-Nejat Council of Afghanistan:
Sayed Akbar Agha (20220214)


Shura-e-Aali Rah-e-Nejat (the high council of the Salvation of Afghanistan party )

3. Biodata:
Sayid Mohammad Akbar Agha, former commander of the Taliban splinter group Jaish-al Muslimeen (2001-2004), says the only way to secure peace in Afghanistan is to withdraw all foreign troops and reintroduce sharia law. Born in the birthplace of the Taliban movement in Kandahar Akbar Agha is a cousin of Mullah Muhammad Syed Tayyab Agha, former chief of staff of elusive Taliban supremo Mullah Omar.

Akbar Agha was jailed for 16 years in 2004 for his role in the kidnapping of three UN workers. He was held in Pakistan before being moved to Pul-e-Charkhi – Afghanistan’s biggest and most notorious prison. 

He was pardoned and released by then-president Hamid Karzai in 2014. Now he heads Shura-e-Aali Rah-e-Nejat, the High Council of Salvation, agitating for a full US withdrawal, inter-Afghan talks, and an Islamic emirate under sharia law.