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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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