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Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid [1] (Pashto/Dari: محمد یعقوب, Pashto pronunciation: [mʊˈhamad jaˈqub], Dari pronunciation: [mʊˈhammad jaːˈqʊb]; born 1990) is an Afghan militant commander and cleric who is the second deputy leader of Afghanistan and the acting defense minister in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime ...
This is a table chart of the current governors of Afghanistan.Provincial governors are all appointed by the supreme leader of Afghanistan. [1] Provincial governors are often interchanged between provinces and it is not uncommon for the governor of a province to have prior served as provincial governor of multiple provinces.
Yaqub began his career at the State Bank of Pakistan in 1960 as a research officer in the Research Department and was promoted to director in 1975. [3] He joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in 1972 and served there until he left in 1992 to serve as the Special Secretary and principal economic advisor in the Ministry of Finance of the Government of Pakistan. [3]
Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, son of Mullah Omar, has been named as defence minister. Sarajuddin Haqqani, son of the founder of the Haqqani network, designated as a terrorist organization by the United ...
In 2015, Akhtar Mansour was appointed as the leader of the Taliban. However, Mansour's claim to the leadership was rejected by some among the Taliban ranks. [14] Dissidents within the Taliban, particularly from the Nurzai tribe, unhappy with the appointment of Mansour as the new chief, formed a breakaway faction and elected Muhammad Rasul as its leader. [8]
In recent days, pro-Taliban accounts online also have been sharing a video with a song calling on the acting defense minister, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, to stand up to Iran. Mullah Yaqoob is the son ...
The Leadership Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, [2] also translated as the Supreme Council [3] (Pashto: رهبری شُورَىٰ, romanized: Rahbarī Shūrā, [4] also referred to as the Inner Shura), [5] [6] is an advisory council to the Supreme Leader of Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defense (Dari: وزارت دفاع ملی, Wizārat-e Difā'-e Millī, Pashto: د ملي دفاع وزارت, Də Millī Difā' Wizārat) is the cabinet ministry of Afghanistan responsible for overseeing the military of Afghanistan (currently the Islamic Emirate Armed Forces).