List of Taliban insurgency leaders

(italicized and bold name indicates captured or killed by U.S.-coalition forces)

Name	Position	Situation
Mullah Jeffery Wheeler-Field	Leader/creator of the Taliban and the Nazi Party	At large. Description: Face looks like a rat.
Mullah Mohammed Omar	Leader/creator of the Taliban	At large
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	At large; spoke to Reuters by satellite telephone from an undisclosed location on May 4, 2003 Reported to be a leader in the Taliban's Quetta Shura. Reported captured in late February 2010.
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir	Second Deputy Council of Minister	At large
Abdul Wakil Muttawakil	Minister of Foreign Affairs	Surrendered to US troops in 2002; released in 2003; ran for Afghan parliament in 2005.
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; at large
Mullah Abdul Jalil	Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	at large
Mullah Ubaidullah Akhund	Minister of Defense	Captured by Pakistani forces, late Feb. 2007
Mullah Abdul Razaq	Commerce Minister	Afghan forces captured Razaq while scouring a rugged mountainous region north of Kandahar, April 1, 2003. Razaq's son, Abdul, had been killed on September 5, 2002 as he tried to shoot President Hamid Karzai. 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. 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; at large
Mohammad Sharif	Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs	at large
Qari Ahmadullah	Minister of Security (Intelligence)	Killed in late December, 2001 by a United States bombing raid in the Paktia province
Mullah Nooruddin Turabi	Minister of Justice	Allegedly sheltered in Quetta by Pakistani officials by the end of 2001; captured by United States forces and then set free and given general amnesty in early January 2002
Qari Din Mohammad	Minister of Planning	at large
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; still at large
Mullah Ghausuddin	Foreign Minister	Killed in a gun battle in Zabul province, May 27, 2003
Mullah Abbas Akhund	Minister of Health	In February 2002, he was "hiding with his military force about 5 miles from Uruzgan village"; at large
Sher Abbas Stanekzai	Deputy Minister of Health	at large
Mullah Abdul Salam Haqqani	Minister of Education	at large
Mullah Yar Mohammad	Minister of Communication	at large
Alla Dad Tayeb	Deputy Minister of Communication	at large
Alhaj Mullah Mohammad Isa Akhund	Minister of Mines and Industries	at large
Mawlawi Mohammadullah Mati'	Minister of Public Works	at large
Mawlawi Rostam Nuristani	Deputy Minister of Public Works	at large
Hafez Mohibullah	Minister of Haj and Religious Affairs	at large
Mawlawi Moslim Haqqani	First Deputy Council of Ministers	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])
Mullah Mohammad Jan Akhund	Minister of Water and Electricity	at large
Mawlawi Faiz Mohammad Faizan	Deputy Minister of Commerce	at large
Mawlawi Abdul Hakim Monib	Deputy Minister of Frontier Affairs	at large
Mawlawi Shahid Khel	Deputy Minister of Education	Captured in Afghanistan in early April 2003
Sattar Sadozai	"A key intelligence official"	Captured in Afghanistan in early April 2003
Zabihullah Zahid	Deputy Minister of Education	Arrested in Balkh province, Afghanistan in early August 2003

Governors

Governors

Name	Position	Situation
Mullah Niaz Mohammad	Governor of Kabul Province	At large
Mawlawi Abdul Kabir	Governor of Nangrahar Province	Head of Eastern Zone; (also see above) Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of 2001 [2] Reported to be a leader of the Taliban's Quetta Shura. Reported captured February 20, 2010, in Nowshehra.
Mawlawi Khair Mohammad Khairkhwah	Governor of Herat Province	Reportedly at large Captured in 2001, and held in Guantanamo.
Mawlawi Nurullah Nuri	Governor of Balkh Province	Head of Northern Zone In December 2001, he was captured and known to be in Mazar-I Sharif in the custody of Afghan Northern Alliance commander Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum [3]; Has been held in Guantanamo since its opening. Guantanamo analysts alleged he had been the chief bodyguard for the "Governor of Mazari Sharif" [sic], and had served as the acting governor in his absence.
Na'im Kucki	Governor of Bamian Province	At large A tribal leader of the Kuchi people. Former Minister of Tribal Affairs. Held in Guantanamo for several years.
Commander Bahsir Baghlani	Governor of Baghlan	At large
Commander Arif Khan	Governor of Kunduz Province	Assassinated in Pakistan April, 2000
Mawlawi Shariqullah Mohammadi	Governor of Khost Province	At large
Mawlawi Ahmad Jan	Governor of Zabul Province	Sanctioned by the United Nations in 2000. Reported to be a leader in the Taliban's Quetta Shura. Reported captured in late February 2010.
Mullah Dost Mohammad	Governor of Ghazni Province	At large
Mullah Badar	Governor of Badghis Province	Captured by Afghan forces in the province of Badghis in early April 2003
Mullah Hassan Rehmani	governor of Kandahar province	Reported to be a leader in the Taliban's Quetta Shura. Reported captured in late February 2010.
Mullah Mir Muhammad	shadow governor of Baghlan province in 2010	Reported to be a leader in the Taliban's Quetta Shura. Reported captured in late February 2010.
Mullah Abdul Salam	shadow governor of Kunduz province in 2010	Reported to be a leader in the Taliban's Quetta Shura. Reported captured in late February 2010.
Mullah Abdul Salaam Alizai	Governor of Orūzgān Province in the 1990s	Defected to the government in December 2007.

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
Abdul Rahman Agha	Chief Justice of the Military Court	At large
Mawlawi Mohammed Qalamuddin	Head of the Vice and Virtue Ministry	Allegedly captured April 17, 2003, in Logar province, Afghanistan
Sayed Mohammad Haqqani	Ambassador to Pakistan	At large
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]
General Rahmatullah Safi	Envoy to Europe	At large
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 . Status later established by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal as "no longer enemy combatant" and released.
Aljah Mullah Sadruddin	Mayor of Kabul City	Unknown
Mawlawi Abdul Hai Motma'in	Spokesman in Kandahar	At large
Toorak Agha	Ex-Governor of Paktia Province	At large
Mullah Baradar	?	Captured in Joint Pakistani/CIA Raid

Field commanders

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 [9]
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.
Mawlawi Nanai	?	At large
Mullah Ahmadullah	?	?
Mawlawi Habibullah Ershad	Commander of Shamali front	At large
Jalaluddin Haqqani	Described as Taliban's current military leader	First mujahideen commander to capture a city, Khost, from the Soviets, in 1991. 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	?	Released by Abdul Rashid Dostam in November 2001 after fighting near Kunduz and disappeared after fleeing to Kandahar [11]
Juma Khan	Military commander	Captured by Afghan forces in the province of Badghis in early April 2003
Mullah Shahzada	provincial commander	Interviewed by the New York Times in Pakistan, in 2003. 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 Haji Amir	militia commander	Killed in US raid on Taliban in late May 2004
Mullah Tohr Maqid	militia commander	Killed in US raid on Taliban in late May 2004
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. 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.
Baitullah Mehsud	field commander	Killed in a CIA drone attack.
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.
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]

Other Taliban members of note

Other Taliban members of note

David Matthew Hicks	The "Australian Talib"	Captured during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
John Walker Lindh	The "American Talib"	Captured during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, now serving 20 years in prison in the United States
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.