Taliban Provincial Governors

Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations John R. Bolton republished a United Nations list of senior Taliban leaders that included Taliban Provincial Governors.[1]

Taliban Provincial Governors[1][2][3]
honorific name province notes
Mullah Mohammad Hassan Rahmani[4] Kandahar Province
  • First Deputy, Council of Ministers
Maulavi Abdul Kabir Nangahar Province
  • Second Deputy, Council of Ministers
  • Head of Eastern Zone;
Maulavi Abdul Jabbar Baghlan Province
Maulavi Nurullah Nuri Balkh Province
  • Head of Northern Zone
Muhammad Islam Bamiyan Province
Mullah Janan Faryab Province
Mullah Dost Mohammad Ghazni Province
Maulavi Khair Mohammad Khairkhwah Herat Province
Maulavi Abdul Bari Helmand Province
Maulavi Nazar Mohammad Kunduz Province
Maulavi Walijan Jawzjan Province
Mullah Manan Nyazi Kabul Province
Maulavi A. Wahed Shafiq Kabul Province
  • Deputy Governor
Maulavi Shafiqullah Mohammadi Khost Province
  • Appointed the Governor of Khost in January 2000.[5]
M. Eshaq Laghman Province
Maulavi Zia-ur-Rahman Madani Logar Province
Maulavi Hamsudin Maidan Wardak Province
Mullah Muhammad Rasul Nimroz Province
Maulavi Tawana Paktia Province
Mullah M. Shafiq Samangan Province
Maulavi Aminullah Amin Sar-e Pol Province
Maulavi Abdulhai Salek Urozgan Province
Maulavi Ahmad Jan Zabol Province
  • The News International reported that "According to well-informed diplomatic circles in Islamabad..." he had been a member of the Quetta Shura, prior to his capture in February 2010.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 John R. Bolton (2003). "Denied Persons Pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution". United States Federal Registry. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
  2. ↑ "Security council committee on Afghanistan designates further individuals, financial entities relating to resolution 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000)". United Nations. 2000-04-12. Archived from the original on 2010-02-04.
  3. ↑ "The Consolidated List established and maintained by the 1267 Committee with respect to Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden, and the Taliban and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them". United Nations. 2010-01-25. Archived from the original on 2010-02-05.
  4. ↑ http://www.khaama.com/taliban-leadership-council-member-mullah-hassan-rahmani-dies-4563
  5. ↑ "Afghan Taliban replace unpopular Khost governor". Agence France Presse. 2000-01-27. The installation of Maulavi Shafiqullah Mohammadi as the new governor four days ago appears to be the first time the Islamic fundamentalists have replaced a governor because of his unpopularity.
  6. ↑ Amir Mir (2010-03-01). "Pakistan wipes out half of Quetta Shura". The News International. Archived from the original on 2010-03-04. According to well-informed diplomatic circles in Islamabad, the decision-makers in the powerful Pakistani establishment seem to have concluded in view of the ever-growing nexus between the Pakistani and the Afghan Taliban that they are now one and the same and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Quetta Shura Taliban (QST) could no more be treated as two separate Jihadi entities.
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