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Leaders, Ministers and Deputy Ministers (italicized name indicates captured or killed by U.S.-coalition forces)
Name Position Situation
Mullah Mohammed Omar Emir of Afghanistan; Head of the Taliban Movement On the lam
Mullah Mohammad Rabbani Chairman of the Ruling Council; Head of the Council of Ministers Died in Pakistan of liver cancer, April 2001
Mullah Mohammad Hasan[?] First Deputy Council of Ministers ?
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir[?] Second Deputy Council of Ministers ?
Abdul Wakil Motawakil[?] Minister of Foreign affairs ?
Abdul Rahman Zahed[?] Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Allegedly created an impression that he entered Pakistan before the end of 2001, but had returned to his home village in Loghar[?] province [1] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00)
Mullah Abdul Jalil[?] Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs ?
Mullah Ubaidullah Akhund[?] Minister of Defense ?
Mullah Abdul Razaq[?] Minister of Interior Affairs Afghan forces captured Razaq while scouring a rugged mountainous region north of Kandahar, April 1, 2003 [2] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2909997.stm). Razaq's son, Abdul, was killed on September 5, 2002 as he tried to shoot President Hamid Karzai
Mullah Khaksar[?] Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs ?
Mohammad Sharif[?] Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs ?
Qari Ahmadullah Minister of Security (Intelligence) Killed in late December, 2001 by a U.S. bombing raid in the Paktia[?] province [3] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1739244.stm)
Mullah Nooruddin Turabi[?] Minister of Justice Allegedly sheltered in Quetta by Pakistani officials by the end of 2001 [4] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00)
Qari Din Mohammad[?] Minister of Planning ?
Mullah Abbas Akhund[?] Minister of Health ?
Sher Abbas Stanekzai[?] Deputy Minister of Health ?
Mullah Abdul Salam Haqqani[?] Minister of Education ?
Mullah Yar Mohammad[?] Minister of Communication ?
Alla Dad Tayeb[?] Deputy Minister of Communication ?
Alhaj Mullah Mohammad Isa Akhund[?] Minister of Mines and Industries ?
Mawlawi Mohammadullah Mati'[?] Minister of Public Works ?
Mawlawi Rostam Nuristani[?] Deputy Minister of Public Works ?
Hafez Mohibullah[?] Minister of Haj and Religious Affairs ?
Mawlawi Moslim Haqqani[?] First Deputy Council of Ministers ?
Mawlawi Abdul Raqib[?] First Deputy Council of Ministers ?
Mullah Mohammad Jan Akhund[?] Minister of Water and Electricity ?
Mawlawi Faiz Mohammad Faizan[?] Deputy Minister of Commerce ?
Mawlawi Abdul Hakim Monib[?] Deputy Minister of Frontier Affairs ?
Mawlawi Shahid Khel[?] Deputy Minister of Education Captured in in Afghanistan in early April 2003 [5] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030405/wl_nm/afghan_arrest_dc_2)
Sattar Sadozai[?] "A key intelligence official" Captured in in Afghanistan in early April 2003 [6] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030405/wl_nm/afghan_arrest_dc_2)


Governors
Name Position Situation
Mullah Niaz Mohammad[?] Governor of Kabul Province ?
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir[?] Governor of Nangrahar Province; Head of Eastern Zone; (also see above) Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of 2001 [7] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00)
Mawlawi Khair Mohammad Khairkhwah[?] Governor of Herat Province ?
Mawlawi Nurullah Nuri[?] Governor of Balhk Province; Head of Northern Zone ?
Na'im Kucki[?] Governor of Bamian Province ?
Commander Bahsir Baghlani[?] Governor of Baghlan ?
Commander Arif Khan[?] Governor of Kunduz Province ?
Mawlawi Shariqullah Mohammadi[?] Governor of Khost Province ?
Mawlawi Ahmad Jan[?] Governor of Zabol Province ?
Mullah Dost Mohammad[?] Governor of Ghazni Province ?
Mullah Badar Governor of Badghis Province Captured by Afghan forces in the province of Badghis in early April 2003 [8] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030405/wl_nm/afghan_arrest_dc_2)


Other high ranking officials, ambassadors and envoys abroad
Name Position Situation
Noor Mohammad Saqib[?] Chief Justice of the Supreme Coirt Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of 2001 [9] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00)
Abdul Rahman Agha[?] Chief Justice of the Military Court ?
Mawlawi Mohammed Qalamuddin Head of the Vice and Virtue Ministry Allegedly captured April 17, 2003 in Logar province[?], Afghanistan [10] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030418/ap_on_re_as/afghan_taliban_arrested_3)
Sayed Mohammad Haqqani[?] Ambassador to Pakistan ?
Abdul Hakim Mujahid[?] Envoy to the United Nations Arrived in Pakistan in early December 2001 [11] (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1691217.stm)
General Rahmatullah Safi[?] Envoy to Europe ?
Mahmoud Saikal[?] consul to Australia ?
Akhtar Mohammad Mansour[?] Head of Aviation ?
Mullah Hamidullah[?] Head of Ariana Afghan Airlines ?
Aljah Mullah Sadruddin[?] Mayor of Kabul City ?
Mawlawi Abdul Hai Motma'in[?] Spokesman in Kandahar ?
Amir Khan Muttaqi[?] Minister of Culture & Information Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of 2001 [12] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00)
Mullah Ghausuddin[?] Foreign Minister Killed in a gun battle in Zabul province[?], May 27, 2003 [13] (http://www.myafghan.com/news2.asp?id=-1789519272&search=5/27/2003)
Toorak Agha[?] Ex-Governor of Paktia Province ?
Mullah Baradar[?] ? ?


Field commanders
Name Position Situation
Mullah Fazel Mohammad Mazloom[?] Chief of Staff Released by Abdul Rashid Dostam in November 2001 after fighting near Kunduz, and disappeared [14] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00)
Mawlawi Dadullah[?] ? Released by Abdul Rashid Dostam in November 2001 after fighting near Kunduz and returned to his home in Kajai[?], Helmand[?] province [15] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00); allegedly participated (by giving orders via cell phone) in the murder of Ricardo Munguia on March 27, 2003 [16] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030407/ap_on_re_as/reviving_taliban_7)
Mawlawi Nanai[?] ? ?
Mullah Ahmadullah[?] ? ?
Mawlawi Habibullah Ershad[?] Commander of Shamali front ?
Abdul Razaq Nafez[?] ? Released by Abdul Rashid Dostam in November 2001 after fighting near Kunduz and disappeared after fleeing to Kandahar [17] (http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00)
Juma Khan Military commander Captured by Afghan forces in the province of Badghis in early April 2003 [18] (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030405/wl_nm/afghan_arrest_dc_2)



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