Mawlawi Abdul Malik

2. Previous Function:
Deputy head of the Panjshir Ulema Council

3. Biodata:
Mawlawi Abdul Malik is originally from the village of Abdullahkhil in Dara district, Panjshir province. He previously served as deputy head of the Ulema Council in Panjshir and was the head of the Abdul Wahid Islamic School in the province.

Taliban forces have arrested Mawlawi Abdul Malik, the former deputy head of the Panjshir Ulema Council, in Kabul, according to sources close to his family. The arrest took place on Wednesday July 9, 2025, at a mosque in District 15 of Kabul .Sources said that Malik had previously been arrested by the Taliban in 2022 over alleged links to the National Resistance Front (NRF), a claim his family continues to deny. He was released after spending two years in custody. 

Abdul Malik is known as one of Panjshir’s most respected religious figures. He served for years as deputy head of the provincial religious council and headed two Islamic seminaries, Mawlawi Abdul Wahid and Bibi Aisha Siddiqa, in Abdullahkhel village, Dara district.