Turabi, Nooruddin Mullah

1. Former State minister for disaster management, Head Director Generals Ministers of Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) Natural Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) now Ministry of Afghanistan National Disaster Management, Counter Disaster:

Dr. Abdul Matin "Adrak" Edrak Idrak  (200701- 20101000),
Dr. Mohammad Daim Kakar, Mohammad Dayem Kakar Mohammad Dayam Kakar (20101129, 20140120, 20150227-20151020)
Eng. Wais Ahmad Barmak (20151021, 20170813)
Najib Aqa Fahim (20180325)
Ghulam Bahauddin Jilani (20200513)
Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, Head of ANDMA (20240700, 20260523)
 

Deputy head of ANDMA:
Mohammad Aslam Sayas Mohammad Aslam Sias Mohammad Aslam Sahyas Mohammad Hassan Sayas (20111022, 20121018, 20151028)
Haji Ghulam Ghaws (20210921, 20211106)
Spokesman for the NDMA:
Omar Mohammadi (20160210)
Ahmad Tameem Azimi (20200827)
Hafiz Mohammad Yousuf Hamad, spokesperson for the National Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) (20250926)
Deputy Spokesman:
Hashmat Bahaduri (20190106, 20190907) killed close to Hazrat Mohammad Mustafa Mosque in Karte Parwan area of Kabul city

Other ANDMA Officials:
ANDMA Director Najibullah,
ANDMA Director Shujauddin Shuja (20100809)

Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority has upgraded to ‘Ministry’ as per a decree by the Presidential Palace.(20151021)

2. Previous Functions:

Justice Minister (1996-2000)
in charge of Afghan Prisons (20210924)
Deputy of the Afghan Red Crescent Society (20220813)
ANDMA Chairman (20240700, 20260523)

3. Biodata:
One-legged Mullah Nooruddin Toorabi (He has lost his leg below the knee.) Mullah Nooruddin Turabi Nooruddin Turabi Muhammad Qasim (aka: Noor ud Din Turabi, Mohammad Qasim, Haji Karim) was born 1959 in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Later he lived in Chora District, Uruzgan Province. At his age he is already one of the oldest Ex Taliban leaders--and was one of the most feared. His mission remained the creation of an Islamic utopia from which riches will follow in abundance. The position has been spelled out by Turabi.

A hardliner, who was not only in charge of the Taliban Justice Ministry but he was also the head of the Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Suppression of Vice. It enforced the movement's strict interpretation of Islamic law, which includes public executions for convicted murderers and amputations for thieves.

He is believed to have played a role in the destruction of two, 1,500-year-old sandstone Buddha statues that once towered some 180 feet high in central Afghanistan. The Taliban, who considered them symbols of paganism, destroyed them in 2001.

Early Jan 2002 seven former Taliban leaders surrender to the Northern Alliance near Kandahar, Afghanistan, but were released. Turabi was one of two are on a US list of twelve most wanted Taliban leaders: Defense Minister Mullah Obaidullah Akhund and Justice Minister Mullah Nooruddin Turabi. They surrendered 1/7/02 and were released 1/8/02 by Afghans before US could question them and given general amnesty in early January 2002.

For the time being Mullah Nooruddin Toorabi lives in Pakistan and is unter control of Pakistani authorities. Now Pakistan has agreed to free some Afghan Taliban prisoners that could be useful in reconciliation efforts, officials from both countries said on 20121114. The names of Turabi, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Mullah Jahangirwal (former secretary of Mullah Mohammad Omar) and Allahdad Tayab (former Deputy Minister) are being mulled.

Taliban Justice Minister Nooruddin Turabi was among those eight prisoners released on 20121115.

The eight prisoners on the list were:

—Turabi.(confirmed 20121231)

—Jahangirwal, who was a special assistant for the Taliban’s top leader, Mullah Omar.

—Qutub, a Taliban leader.

—Abdul Salaam, the Taliban’s former governor of Baghlan province.

—Maulvi Matiullah, who was director of the customs house in Kabul under the Taliban regime;

—Muhamad, the Taliban’s former governor of Kunduz province.

—Sayed Sadruddin Agha, a former Taliban commander.

—Allah Dad, the Taliban’s former deputy minister of communication.(confirmed 210121231)

Turabi – who returned to Afghanistan after 20 years of exile in Pakistan – also said the new justice system will mirror the previous Taliban order, though with some “changes”.(20210924)

More Background:

Turabi fought alongside Afghan jihadi leader Abdul Rab Rasool Sayyaf against the Soviets during the 1980s, reportedly losing an eye and a leg. An ideological figure, Turabi maintained close ties with the Taliban's founder, Mullah Mohammad Omar, and Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the current head of the Taliban's Council of Ministers. With his roots in Kandahar, some reports suggest he was born in 1963 in Chora District, Uruzgan province. He is listed on the United Nations sanctions list under the designation.