Abdul Kabir

Abdul Kabir
عبدالکبیر
Kabir in 2021
Acting Third Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs of Afghanistan
Assumed office
4 October 2021
Supreme LeaderHibatullah Akhundzada
Prime MinisterHasan Akhund (acting)
Preceded byPosition established
Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan
Pro tempore[a]
17 May 2023 – 17 July 2023
Supreme LeaderHibatullah Akhundzada
Prime MinisterHasan Akhund (acting)
DeputyAbdul Ghani Baradar (acting)
Abdul Salam Hanafi (acting)
In office
16 April 2001 – 13 November 2001
Supreme LeaderMullah Omar
DeputyHasan Akhund
Preceded byMohammad Rabbani
Succeeded byHasan Akhund (acting, 2021)
Member of the Leadership Council
Assumed office
15 August 2021
In exile
May 2002[3] – 15 August 2021
Personal details
Born1958/1963 (age 59–65)
Paktia, Afghanistan
OccupationPolitician, Taliban member
Political affiliationTaliban

Mohammed Abdul Kabir (Pashto: عبدالکبير) is a senior member of the Taliban leadership[4] who is a militant leader and, since 4 October 2021, the acting third deputy prime minister for political affairs of Afghanistan in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime.[5][6] He previously was the acting prime minister of Afghanistan from 16 April 2001 to 13 November 2001.[7][8][9]

The United Nations reports that he was Second Deputy of the Taliban's Council of Ministers; Governor of Nangarhar Province; and Head of the Eastern Zone. The U.N. reports that Kabir was born between 1958 and 1963, in Paktia, Afghanistan, and is from the Zadran tribe. The U.N. reports that Kabir is active in terrorist operations in Eastern Afghanistan.

  1. ^ Mohammad Farshad Daryosh (17 May 2023). "Mawlawi Kabir Appointed Acting PM As Mullah Hassan Akhund is Ill: Mujahid". TOLOnews. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  2. ^ Adeeb, Fatema (9 September 2023). "Prime Minister's Absence From Meetings Raises Questions". TOLOnews. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  3. ^ Sayed, Abdul (8 September 2021). "Analysis: How Are the Taliban Organized?". Voice of America. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  4. ^ The list of individuals belonging to or associated with the Taliban Archived 23 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine, United Nations, 4 October 2006
  5. ^ "Afghanistan's Acting Taliban Cabinet Holds First Meeting". Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty.
  6. ^ "د اسلامي امارت په تشکیلاتو کې نوي کسان پر دندو وګومارل شول". باختر خبری آژانس. 4 October 2021.
  7. ^ Ahmad, Israr (10 May 2001). "Reflections on a Visit to Afghanistan". IslamiCity. In addition to these, we had a detailed meeting with Mulla Abdul Kabir, the acting Prime Minister.
  8. ^ "World briefs: Fourth Taliban leader arrested". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 25 February 2010.
  9. ^ Heffelfinger, Christopher (March 2010). "CTC Sentinel". UFDC. Baradar's arrest was followed by the capture of the Taliban's shadow governors for Afghanistan's Kunduz and Baghlan provinces—Mullah Abdul Salam and Mullah Mir Muhammad—in addition to former Taliban acting Prime Minister Maulawi Kabir and former Zabul Province shadow governor and head of "the commission" Maulawi Muhammad Yunos.


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