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! '''Name''' || '''Position''' || '''Situation'''
! '''Name''' || '''Position''' || '''Situation'''
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| [[Mullah]] [[Mohammed Omar]] || Leader/creator of the Taliban ||
* At large
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| [[Mullah]] [[Mohammad Rabbani]] || Chairman of the Ruling Council; Head of the Council of Ministers ||
* Died in Pakistan of [[liver]] [[cancer]], April 2001{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}
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| [[Mullah]] [[Mohammad Hassan Akhund]] || First Deputy Council of Ministers ||
| [[Mullah]] [[Mohammad Hassan Akhund]] || First Deputy Council of Ministers ||
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* Reported to be a leader in the [[Taliban's Quetta Shura]].<ref name=TheNewsInternational2010-03-01/>
* Reported to be a leader in the [[Taliban's Quetta Shura]].<ref name=TheNewsInternational2010-03-01/>
* Reported captured in late February 2010.<ref name=TheNewsInternational2010-03-01/>
* Reported captured in late February 2010.<ref name=TheNewsInternational2010-03-01/>
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| Mawlawi [[Abdul Kabir]] || Second Deputy Council of Minister ||
* At large
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| [[Abdul Wakil Muttawakil]] || [[Afghan Minister of Foreign Affairs|Minister of Foreign Affairs]] ||
*Surrendered to US troops in 2002;
*released in 2003;
*ran for Afghan parliament in 2005.
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| [[Abdul Rahman Zahed]] || Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs ||
| [[Abdul Rahman Zahed]] || Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs ||
* Allegedly created an impression that he entered Pakistan after the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|U.S. invasion of Afghanistan]], but had returned before the end of 2001 to his home village in [[Loghar]] province;<ref name=Guardian011224>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html Former minister says fugitive Taliban leaders living life of luxury in Pakistan], ''[[The Guardian]]'', December 24, 2001</ref>
* Allegedly created an impression that he entered Pakistan after the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|U.S. invasion of Afghanistan]], but had returned before the end of 2001 to his home village in [[Loghar]] province;<ref name=Guardian011224>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html Former minister says fugitive Taliban leaders living life of luxury in Pakistan], ''[[The Guardian]]'', December 24, 2001</ref>
* at large
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| Mullah [[Abdul Jalil (Afghan politician)|Abdul Jalil]] || Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs ||
* at large
* at large
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| Mullah [[Khaksar Akhund]] || Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs ||
| Mullah [[Khaksar Akhund]] || Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs ||
* Staged a public press conference in [[Kabul]], late November, 2001 and denounced the Taliban; by August 2002, he supports the U.S.-backed Afghan government of [[Hamid Karzai]];<ref name=Telegraph011125>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/11/25/wpara25.xml&sSheet=/news/2001/11/25/ixhome.html Paras on alert for storming of Kandahar], ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', November 25, 2001</ref> at large
* Staged a public press conference in [[Kabul]], late November, 2001 and denounced the Taliban; by August 2002, he supports the U.S.-backed Afghan government of [[Hamid Karzai]];<ref name=Telegraph011125>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2001/11/25/wpara25.xml&sSheet=/news/2001/11/25/ixhome.html Paras on alert for storming of Kandahar], ''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', November 25, 2001</ref> at large
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| [[Mohammad Sharif (Taliban)|Mohammad Sharif]] || Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs ||
* at large
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| '''''[[Qari Ahmadullah]]''''' || Minister of Security (Intelligence) ||
| '''''[[Qari Ahmadullah]]''''' || Minister of Security (Intelligence) ||
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| Mullah [[Nooruddin Turabi]] || Minister of Justice ||
| Mullah [[Nooruddin Turabi]] || Minister of Justice ||
* Allegedly sheltered in [[Quetta]] by Pakistani officials by the end of 2001;<ref name=Guardian011224/> captured by United States forces and then set free and given general amnesty in early January 2002 <ref name=BostonGlobe020110>[http://www.boston.com/news/daily/10/attacks_afghanistan.htm US begins transferring terror prisoners to Cuban base: Gunfire errupts as plane with al-Qaida members takes off], ''[[Boston Globe]]'', January 10, 2002</ref><ref name=Fox020109>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,42555,00.html High-Ranking Taliban Leaders Surrender, Are Set Free], ''[[Fox News]]'', January 9, 2002</ref>
* Allegedly sheltered in [[Quetta]] by Pakistani officials by the end of 2001;<ref name=Guardian011224/> captured by United States forces and then set free and given general amnesty in early January 2002 <ref name=BostonGlobe020110>[http://www.boston.com/news/daily/10/attacks_afghanistan.htm US begins transferring terror prisoners to Cuban base: Gunfire errupts as plane with al-Qaida members takes off], ''[[Boston Globe]]'', January 10, 2002</ref><ref name=Fox020109>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,42555,00.html High-Ranking Taliban Leaders Surrender, Are Set Free], ''[[Fox News]]'', January 9, 2002</ref>
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| [[Qari Din Mohammad]] || Minister of Planning ||
* at large
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| [[Amir Khan Muttaqi]] || Minister of Culture & Information ||
| [[Amir Khan Muttaqi]] || Minister of Culture & Information ||
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| Mullah [[Abbas Akhund]] || Minister of Health ||
| Mullah [[Abbas Akhund]] || Minister of Health ||
* In February 2002, he was "hiding with his military force about 5 miles from Uruzgan village";<ref name=Time0202006>[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,198864,00.html How the U.S. Killed the Wrong Afghans], ''[[Time (magazine)]]'', February 6, 2002</ref>
* In February 2002, he was "hiding with his military force about 5 miles from Uruzgan village";<ref name=Time0202006>[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,198864,00.html How the U.S. Killed the Wrong Afghans], ''[[Time (magazine)]]'', February 6, 2002</ref>
* at large
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| [[Sher Abbas Stanekzai]] || Deputy Minister of Health ||
* at large
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| Mullah [[Abdul Salam Haqqani]] || Minister of Education ||
* at large
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| Mullah [[Yar Mohammad]] || Minister of Communication ||
* at large
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| [[Alla Dad Tayeb]] || Deputy Minister of Communication ||
* at large
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| Alhaj Mullah [[Mohammad Isa Akhund]] || Minister of Mines and Industries ||
* at large
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| Mawlawi [[Mohammadullah Mati']] || Minister of Public Works ||
* at large
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| Mawlawi [[Rostam Nuristani]] || Deputy Minister of Public Works ||
* at large
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| [[Hafez Mohibullah]] || Minister of Haj and Religious Affairs ||
* at large
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| Mawlawi [[Moslim Haqqani]] || First Deputy Council of Ministers ||
* at large
* at large
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| Mawlawi [[Abdul Raqib]] || First Deputy Council of Ministers ||
| Mawlawi [[Abdul Raqib]] || First Deputy Council of Ministers ||
* Unknown (is he the same Abdul Raqib as the official from the agriculture department in 2003? [http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/arr/arr_200306_64_4_eng.txt])
* Unknown (is he the same Abdul Raqib as the official from the agriculture department in 2003? [http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/arr/arr_200306_64_4_eng.txt])
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| Mullah [[Mohammad Jan Akhund]] || Minister of Water and Electricity ||
* at large
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| Mawlawi [[Faiz Mohammad Faizan]] || Deputy Minister of Commerce ||
* at large
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| Mawlawi [[Abdul Hakim Monib]] || Deputy Minister of Frontier Affairs ||
* at large
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| ''' ''Mawlawi [[Shahid Khel]]'' ''' || Deputy Minister of Education || Captured in [[Afghanistan]] in early April 2003
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| '''''[[Sattar Sadozai]]''''' || "A key intelligence official" || Captured in [[Afghanistan]] in early April 2003
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| '''''[[Zabihullah Zahid]]''''' || Deputy Minister of Education || Arrested in [[Balkh province]], [[Afghanistan]] in early August 2003
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! '''Name''' || '''Position''' || '''Situation'''
! '''Name''' || '''Position''' || '''Situation'''
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| [[Mullah]] [[Niaz Mohammad]] || Governor of [[Kabul Province]] ||
* At large{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}
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| [[Mawlawi]] [[Abdul Kabir]] || Governor of [[Nangrahar Province]] ||
| [[Mawlawi]] [[Abdul Kabir]] || Governor of [[Nangrahar Province]] ||
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* Reported captured February 20, 2010, in [[Nowshehra]].<ref name=TheNewsInternational2010-03-01/>
* Reported captured February 20, 2010, in [[Nowshehra]].<ref name=TheNewsInternational2010-03-01/>
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| [[Mawlawi]] [[Khair Mohammad Khairkhwah]] || Governor of [[Herat Province]] ||
* Reportedly at large{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}
* Captured in 2001, and held in [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo]].
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| [[Mawlawi]] [[Nurullah Nuri]] || Governor of [[Balkh Province]] ||
| [[Mawlawi]] [[Nurullah Nuri]] || Governor of [[Balkh Province]] ||
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</ref>
* Held in Guantanamo for several years.<ref name=McClatchyNaimKochi/>
* Held in Guantanamo for several years.<ref name=McClatchyNaimKochi/>
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| Commander [[Bahsir Baghlani]] || Governor of [[Baghlan]] ||
* At large{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}
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| Commander [[Arif Khan]] || Governor of [[Kunduz Province]] ||
* Assassinated in Pakistan April, 2000{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}
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| [[Mawlawi]] [[Shariqullah Mohammadi]] || Governor of [[Khost Province]] ||
* At large{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}
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| [[Mawlawi]] [[Ahmad Jan]] || Governor of [[Zabul Province]] ||
| [[Mawlawi]] [[Ahmad Jan]] || Governor of [[Zabul Province]] ||
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* Reported to be a leader in the [[Taliban's Quetta Shura]].<ref name=TheNewsInternational2010-03-01/>
* Reported to be a leader in the [[Taliban's Quetta Shura]].<ref name=TheNewsInternational2010-03-01/>
* Reported captured in late February 2010.<ref name=TheNewsInternational2010-03-01/>
* Reported captured in late February 2010.<ref name=TheNewsInternational2010-03-01/>
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| [[Mullah]] [[Dost Mohammad (Taliban)|Dost Mohammad]] || Governor of [[Ghazni Province]] ||
* At large{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}
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| [[Mullah]] [[Badar]] || Governor of [[Badghis Province]] ||
* Captured by [[Afghanistan|Afghan]] forces in the province of [[Badghis]] in early April 2003{{Citation needed|date=March 2010}}
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| [[Mullah]] [[Hassan Rehmani]] || governor of [[Kandahar province]] ||
| [[Mullah]] [[Hassan Rehmani]] || governor of [[Kandahar province]] ||
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<td>[[Abdul Rahman Agha]]</td>
<td>Chief Justice of the Military Court</td>
<td>At large</td>
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<td>''' ''Mawlawi [[Mohammed Qalamuddin]]'' '''</td>
<td>Head of the [[Vice and Virtue Ministry]]</td>
<td>Allegedly captured April 17, 2003, in [[Logar province]], [[Afghanistan]]</td>
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<td>[[Sayed Mohammad Haqqani]]</td>
<td>Ambassador to Pakistan</td>
<td>At large
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<td> [[Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi]]
<td> [[Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi]]
<td> Envoy to United States
<td> Envoy to United States
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<td>Envoy to the [[United Nations]]</td>
<td>Envoy to the [[United Nations]]</td>
<td>Arrived in Pakistan in early December 2001 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1691217.stm]</td>
<td>Arrived in Pakistan in early December 2001 [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1691217.stm]</td>
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<td>General [[Rahmatullah Safi]]</td>
<td>Envoy to Europe</td>
<td>At large</td>
</tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
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<td>Surrendered November 24, 2001 east of [[Konduz]]<ref name=Cnn011124>[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/11/24/ret.afghan.surrender/ Taliban in north surrender in droves], ''[[CNN]]'', November 24, 2001</ref>
<td>Surrendered November 24, 2001 east of [[Konduz]]<ref name=Cnn011124>[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/11/24/ret.afghan.surrender/ Taliban in north surrender in droves], ''[[CNN]]'', November 24, 2001</ref>
. Status later established by a [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]] as "no longer enemy combatant" and released.<ref name=WapoNlec>[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/nlec/ Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classifed as "No Longer Enemy Combatants"], ''[[Washington Post]]''</ref></td>
. Status later established by a [[Combatant Status Review Tribunal]] as "no longer enemy combatant" and released.<ref name=WapoNlec>[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/guantanamo/nlec/ Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classifed as "No Longer Enemy Combatants"], ''[[Washington Post]]''</ref></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Aljah Mullah [[Sadruddin]]</td>
<td>Mayor of [[Kabul]] City</td>
<td>Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mawlawi [[Abdul Hai Motma'in]]</td>
<td>Spokesman in [[Kandahar]]</td>
<td>At large</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>[[Toorak Agha]]</td>
<td>Ex-Governor of Paktia Province</td>
<td>At large</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>[[Mullah Baradar]]</td>
<td>?</td>
<td>Captured in Joint Pakistani/CIA Raid</td>
</tr>
</tr>
</table>
</table>
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*One of the most effective commanders in the resistance, he has been linked to massacres of Shi'a, the scorched earth policy of Shi'a villages in 2001 (which he boasted about once on the radio), the summary execution of men suspected of throwing hand grenades into his compound in 2001 (they were hanged at one of the main roundabouts), and [[suicide attack|suicide bombings]].
*One of the most effective commanders in the resistance, he has been linked to massacres of Shi'a, the scorched earth policy of Shi'a villages in 2001 (which he boasted about once on the radio), the summary execution of men suspected of throwing hand grenades into his compound in 2001 (they were hanged at one of the main roundabouts), and [[suicide attack|suicide bombings]].
*Killed on May 13, 2007.
*Killed on May 13, 2007.
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| Mawlawi [[Nanai]] || ? || At large
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| Mullah [[Ahmadullah]] || ? || ?
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| Mawlawi [[Habibullah Ershad]] || Commander of Shamali front || At large
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| [[Jalaluddin Haqqani]] || Described as Taliban's current military leader ||
| [[Jalaluddin Haqqani]] || Described as Taliban's current military leader ||
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| [[Abdul Razaq Nafez]] || ? ||
| [[Abdul Razaq Nafez]] || ? ||
*Released by [[Abdul Rashid Dostam]] in November 2001 after fighting near [[Kunduz]] and disappeared after fleeing to [[Kandahar]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html]
*Released by [[Abdul Rashid Dostam]] in November 2001 after fighting near [[Kunduz]] and disappeared after fleeing to [[Kandahar]] [http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html]
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| '''''[[Juma Khan]]''''' || Military commander ||
*Captured by Afghan forces in the province of [[Badghis]] in early April 2003
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| Mullah [[Shahzada (Taliban leader)|Shahzada]] || provincial commander ||
| Mullah [[Shahzada (Taliban leader)|Shahzada]] || provincial commander ||
*Interviewed by the ''[[New York Times]]'' in Pakistan, in 2003.<ref name=Nytimes030507>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/05/07/205004 Revived Taliban making waves in northern Pakistan], ''[[New York Times]]'', May 7, 2003</ref>
*Interviewed by the ''[[New York Times]]'' in Pakistan, in 2003.<ref name=Nytimes030507>[http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2003/05/07/205004 Revived Taliban making waves in northern Pakistan], ''[[New York Times]]'', May 7, 2003</ref>
*Later reports, apparently based on the NYT article, additionally claimed he was captured in 2001, sent to Guantánamo, released 2003, killed in US raid on Taliban in late May 2004. But the only [[Shahzada (Guantanamo detainee 952)|Shahzada]] held in Guantanamo wasn't captured until 2003, and wasn't released until 2005. There is no evidence that the Guantanmo detainee named Shahzada was ever a member of the Taliban, or that he had enrolled in the Taliban following his release.
*Later reports, apparently based on the NYT article, additionally claimed he was captured in 2001, sent to Guantánamo, released 2003, killed in US raid on Taliban in late May 2004. But the only [[Shahzada (Guantanamo detainee 952)|Shahzada]] held in Guantanamo wasn't captured until 2003, and wasn't released until 2005. There is no evidence that the Guantanmo detainee named Shahzada was ever a member of the Taliban, or that he had enrolled in the Taliban following his release.
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| '''''Mullah [[Haji Amir]]''''' || militia commander || Killed in US raid on Taliban in late May 2004
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| '''''Mullah [[Tohr Maqid]]''''' || militia commander || Killed in US raid on Taliban in late May 2004
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| Mullah [[Muhammad Hasan Rehmani]] || militia commander ||
| Mullah [[Muhammad Hasan Rehmani]] || militia commander ||
* At large
* At large
* In early 2010 an individual named ''"Mullah [[Hassan Rehmani]]"'' was reported to have been a recently captured leader of the [[Taliban's Quetta Shura]].<ref name="TheNewsInternational2010-03-01"/> He was alleged to have been a former governor of Kandahar. A second recently captured Taliban leader was named ''"Mullah [[Muhammad Hassan (Taliban's Quetta Shura)|Muhammad Hassan]]"''. He was alleged to have been a former Taliban foreign minister.
* In early 2010 an individual named ''"Mullah [[Hassan Rehmani]]"'' was reported to have been a recently captured leader of the [[Taliban's Quetta Shura]].<ref name="TheNewsInternational2010-03-01"/> He was alleged to have been a former governor of Kandahar. A second recently captured Taliban leader was named ''"Mullah [[Muhammad Hassan (Taliban's Quetta Shura)|Muhammad Hassan]]"''. He was alleged to have been a former Taliban foreign minister.
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| [[Baitullah Mehsud]] || field commander ||
*Killed in a CIA drone attack.
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| '''''[[Sakhi Dad Mujahid]]''''' || field commander ||
*Taliban commander of Southern and Western Afghanistan circa winter 2004.
*Brother-in-law of Mullah Omar.
*Captured through his use of a [[Thuraya satellite phone]].
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| [[Gul Mohammed Jangvi]] || field commander ||
| [[Gul Mohammed Jangvi]] || field commander ||
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|'''''Mullah [[Abdul Zahir (Taliban leader)|Abdul Zahir]]''''' || group commander || Killed in the U.S. airstrike that killed Osmani in December 2006 [http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?164256]
|'''''Mullah [[Abdul Zahir (Taliban leader)|Abdul Zahir]]''''' || group commander || Killed in the U.S. airstrike that killed Osmani in December 2006 [http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?164256]
|-'''''[[Sheikh Ilyas Khel]]'''''||Commander|| Captured in Pakistan as of August 2, 2007 [http://www.andhranews.net/Intl/2007/August/2/Qaeda-militants-arrested-10318.asp]
|-'''''[[Sheikh Ilyas Khel]]'''''||Commander|| Captured in Pakistan as of August 2, 2007 [http://www.andhranews.net/Intl/2007/August/2/Qaeda-militants-arrested-10318.asp]
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==Other Taliban members of note==
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''Other Taliban members of note'''
|-
| ''' ''[[David Matthew Hicks]]'' ''' || The "Australian Talib" ||
* Captured during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
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| ''' ''[[John Walker Lindh]]'' ''' || The "American Talib" ||
* Captured during the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)|U.S. invasion of Afghanistan]], now serving 20 years in prison in the United States
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| ''' ''[[Yasser Esam Hamdi]]'' ''' || U.S. born Taliban member ||
*Captured during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan and held in a naval brig in [[Norfolk, Virginia]] until 2004. He was deported to Saudi Arabia in October 2004.
|}
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Revision as of 14:53, 10 December 2010

(italicized and bold name indicates captured or killed by U.S.-coalition forces)
Name Position Situation
Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund First Deputy Council of Ministers
Abdul Rahman Zahed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
  • Allegedly created an impression that he entered Pakistan after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, but had returned before the end of 2001 to his home village in Loghar province;[2]
  • at large
Mullah Ubaidullah Akhund Minister of Defense
  • Captured by Pakistani forces, late Feb. 2007 [3]
Mullah Abdul Razaq Commerce Minister
  • Afghan forces captured Razaq while scouring a rugged mountainous region north of Kandahar, April 1, 2003.[4] Razaq's son, Abdul, had been killed on September 5, 2002 as he tried to shoot President Hamid Karzai.[citation needed] Abdul Razaq testified he had merely started out as a civilian, conscripted into Afghanistan's civil service by the Pakistan who was promoted to Commerce Minister, without ever becoming a member of the Taliban.[5] He testified he had taken advantage of an amnesty Karzai offered when the Taliban fell, and had not been involved in politics since the fall of the Taliban.
Mullah Khaksar Akhund Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs
  • Staged a public press conference in Kabul, late November, 2001 and denounced the Taliban; by August 2002, he supports the U.S.-backed Afghan government of Hamid Karzai;[6] at large
Qari Ahmadullah Minister of Security (Intelligence)
  • Killed in late December, 2001 by a United States bombing raid in the Paktia province [7]
Mullah Nooruddin Turabi Minister of Justice
  • Allegedly sheltered in Quetta by Pakistani officials by the end of 2001;[2] captured by United States forces and then set free and given general amnesty in early January 2002 [8][9]
Amir Khan Muttaqi Minister of Culture & Information
  • Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of 2001 and still "hiding out in the Pakistani frontier" March 19, 2002;[2][10]
  • still at large
Mullah Ghausuddin Foreign Minister
Mullah Abbas Akhund Minister of Health
  • In February 2002, he was "hiding with his military force about 5 miles from Uruzgan village";[12]
  • at large
Mawlawi Abdul Raqib First Deputy Council of Ministers
  • Unknown (is he the same Abdul Raqib as the official from the agriculture department in 2003? [1])

Governors

Governors
Name Position Situation
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir Governor of Nangrahar Province
Mawlawi Nurullah Nuri Governor of Balkh Province
Na'im Kucki Governor of Bamian Province
Mawlawi Ahmad Jan Governor of Zabul Province
Mullah Hassan Rehmani governor of Kandahar province
Mullah Mir Muhammad shadow governor of Baghlan province in 2010
Mullah Abdul Salam shadow governor of Kunduz province in 2010
Mullah Abdul Salaam Alizai Governor of Orūzgān Province in the 1990s
  • Defected to the government in December 2007.[22]

Other high ranking officials, ambassadors and envoys abroad

Other high ranking officials, ambassadors and envoys abroad
Name Position Situation
Noor Mohammad Saqib Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of 2001 [4]; arrested January 30, 2002 near Quetta by Pakistani authorities [5]; whereabouts now unknown
Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi Envoy to United States Currently a student at Yale University [6]
Abdul Hakim Mujahid Envoy to the United Nations Arrived in Pakistan in early December 2001 [7]
Akhtar Mohammad Mansour Head of Aviation In early October, 2001, reports alleged that he was killed during air raids by U.S.-British forces [8]
Hammdidullah, aka Janat Gul Head of Ariana Afghan Airlines Surrendered November 24, 2001 east of Konduz[23] . Status later established by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal as "no longer enemy combatant" and released.[24]

Field commanders

Field commanders
Name Position Situation
Mullah Fazel Mohammad Mazloom Chief of Staff
Mullah Dadullah ?
  • Escaped from the siege of Kunduz in November 2001 and reached Kandahar. Took part in the evacuation of Kandahar, then may have returned to his native town Kajai in Helmand province [10]. Allegedly participated (by giving orders via cell phone) in the murder of Ricardo Munguia on March 27, 2003.
  • He was nicknamed by the anti-Taliban resistance before the Taliban government fell as the Lame Englishman because he a) lost a leg in the jihad and because b) he's as cunning as the devilish English.
  • One of the most effective commanders in the resistance, he has been linked to massacres of Shi'a, the scorched earth policy of Shi'a villages in 2001 (which he boasted about once on the radio), the summary execution of men suspected of throwing hand grenades into his compound in 2001 (they were hanged at one of the main roundabouts), and suicide bombings.
  • Killed on May 13, 2007.
Jalaluddin Haqqani Described as Taliban's current military leader
  • First mujahideen commander to capture a city, Khost, from the Soviets, in 1991.[25]
  • Didn't ally with the Taliban until after their capture of Kabul in 1995.
  • Hamid Karzai asked him to serve as Prime Minister, in an attempt to split off the Taliban's moderate wing.
Abdul Razaq Nafez ?
Mullah Shahzada provincial commander
  • Interviewed by the New York Times in Pakistan, in 2003.[26]
  • Later reports, apparently based on the NYT article, additionally claimed he was captured in 2001, sent to Guantánamo, released 2003, killed in US raid on Taliban in late May 2004. But the only Shahzada held in Guantanamo wasn't captured until 2003, and wasn't released until 2005. There is no evidence that the Guantanmo detainee named Shahzada was ever a member of the Taliban, or that he had enrolled in the Taliban following his release.
Mullah Muhammad Hasan Rehmani militia commander
  • At large
  • In early 2010 an individual named "Mullah Hassan Rehmani" was reported to have been a recently captured leader of the Taliban's Quetta Shura.[1] He was alleged to have been a former governor of Kandahar. A second recently captured Taliban leader was named "Mullah Muhammad Hassan". He was alleged to have been a former Taliban foreign minister.
Gul Mohammed Jangvi field commander
  • On July 19, 2006 explained the Taliban's unexpected withdrawal from Helmand.[12]
Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Osmani field commander Killed in U.S. airstrike in December 2006. Confirmed dead by Taliban officials. [13]
Mullah Abdul Zahir group commander Killed in the U.S. airstrike that killed Osmani in December 2006 [14]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 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.
  2. ^ a b c Former minister says fugitive Taliban leaders living life of luxury in Pakistan, The Guardian, December 24, 2001
  3. ^ 'Taleban leader held' in Pakistan, BBC News, March 2, 2007
  4. ^ "Fresh fighting in Afghanistan". BBC News. 2003-04-02. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  5. ^ OARDEC (2005-12-16). "Summary of Administrative Review Board Proceedings of ISN 1043" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 64–82. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-03-07. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
  6. ^ Paras on alert for storming of Kandahar, The Telegraph, November 25, 2001
  7. ^ Taleban spy chief 'killed in raid', BBC, January 3, 2002
  8. ^ US begins transferring terror prisoners to Cuban base: Gunfire errupts as plane with al-Qaida members takes off, Boston Globe, January 10, 2002
  9. ^ High-Ranking Taliban Leaders Surrender, Are Set Free, Fox News, January 9, 2002
  10. ^ Taliban Vow Revenge, CBS News, March 19, 2002
  11. ^ Taliban commander killed in Afghanistan, Daily Times, May 28, 2003
  12. ^ How the U.S. Killed the Wrong Afghans, Time (magazine), February 6, 2002
  13. ^ "List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. Retrieved 2006-05-15.
  14. ^ "Measurements of Heights and Weights of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (ordered and consolidated version)". Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, from DoD data. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-21.
  15. ^ OARDEC (August 8, 2004). "Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal -- Noori, Mullah Norullah" (PDF). United States Department of Defense. pp. pages 7–8. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  16. ^ Mazari Sharif is not a Province.
  17. ^ Archie McLean (2009-03-06). "Afghan nomads now tied to a desperate land". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 2009-03-15. mirror
  18. ^ a b Tom Lasseter (June 15, 2008). "Guantanamo Inmate Database: Naim Kochi". McClatchy News Service. Retrieved 2008-06-15. mirror
  19. ^ "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. In a note verbale addressed to Member States on 12 April 2000, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Afghanistan designated funds and financial resources of the Taliban as per paragraph 4(b) of that resolution and approved a list of entities and/or persons that have so far been identified by the Committee based on information provided by Member States as falling under one of the categories mentioned in the above note, as well as in Press Release SC/6844. The following entities have been added to the list ... Maulavi Ahmad Jan, Governor of Zabol Province
  20. ^ "Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and Associated Individuals and Entities". United Nations. 1999-10-15. Archived from the original on 2010-02-04.
  21. ^ "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. TI.A.109.01. Name: 1: AHMAD JAN 2: AKHUNZADA 3: na 4: na Name (original script): احمد جان آخوند زاده Title: Maulavi Designation: Governor of Zabol Province under the Taliban regime DOB: na POB: Urazgan province, Afghanistan Good quality a.k.a.: na Low quality a.k.a.: na Nationality: Afghan Passport no.: na National identification no.: na Address: na Listed on: 25 Jan. 2001 (amended on 3 Sep. 2003, 21 Sep. 2007) Other information: na {{cite news}}: line feed character in |quote= at position 57 (help)
  22. ^ Aziz Ahmad Shafe (2010-06-03). "Making Musa Qala Work". IWPR. Retrieved 2008-11-11. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ Taliban in north surrender in droves, CNN, November 24, 2001
  24. ^ Guantanamo Bay Detainees Classifed as "No Longer Enemy Combatants", Washington Post
  25. ^ Through the eyes of the Taliban, Asia Times, May 5, 2004
  26. ^ Revived Taliban making waves in northern Pakistan, New York Times, May 7, 2003
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