Abdul Kabir عبدالکبیر | |
|---|---|
 Kabir in 2021 | |
| Acting Third Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs of Afghanistan | |
| Assumed office 4 October 2021 Serving with Abdul Ghani Baradar and Abdul Salam Hanafi | |
| Supreme Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
| Prime Minister | Hasan Akhund (acting) |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan | |
| Pro tempore[a] 17 May 2023 – 17 July 2023 | |
| Supreme Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
| Prime Minister | Hasan Akhund (acting) |
| Deputy | Abdul Ghani Baradar (acting) Abdul Salam Hanafi (acting) |
| In office 16 April 2001 – 13 November 2001 | |
| Supreme Leader | Mullah Omar |
| Deputy | Hasan Akhund |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Rabbani |
| Succeeded by | Hasan Akhund (acting, 2021) |
| Member of the Leadership Council | |
| Assumed office 15 August 2021 | |
| In exile May 2002[3] – 15 August 2021 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958/1963 (age 59–65) Paktia, Afghanistan |
| Occupation | Politician, Taliban member |
| Political affiliation | Taliban |
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.
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- ^ Sayed, Abdul (8 September 2021). "Analysis: How Are the Taliban Organized?". Voice of America. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ The list of individuals belonging to or associated with the Taliban Archived 23 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine, United Nations, 4 October 2006
- ^ "Afghanistan's Acting Taliban Cabinet Holds First Meeting". Radiofreeeurope/Radioliberty.
- ^ "د اسلامي امارت په تشکیلاتو کې نوي کسان پر دندو وګومارل شول". باختر خبری آژانس. 4 October 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "World briefs: Fourth Taliban leader arrested". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 25 February 2010.
- ^ 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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