Taliban Leadership as of Aug 26, 2015

26. August 2015
The newly emerged Taliban leadership in the Afghan provinces.  Their names are marked with an asterisk (*). In order  to reflect the networks of the Taliban, the Team also marked the original affiliation of the individual in brackets:

(QS) = Quetta Shura network;
(PS) = Peshawar Shura network;
(HQN) = Haqqani Network.

Name     
Function

Qari Fasihuddin (QS) (*)

Shadow governor, Badakhshan

Doctor Fazlullah (QS)

Military  commander, Badakhshan

Mullah Amanuddin (QS)

Military commander, Badakhshan

Mullah Abdulhakim a.k.a. Abdulqayum (QS)

Shadow governor, Badghis

Mawlawi Mohammad (QS)

Shadow governor, Baghlan

Mullah Sayid Sulayman Agha (QS)

Shadow governor, Daikundi

Mawlavi Baz Mohamamd (QS) (*)

Shadow governor, Farah

Mawlavi Salahuddin (QS & HQN)

Shadow governor, Faryab

Mawlavi Sadruddin Sarhadi (HQN)

Shadow governor, Ghazni

Doctor Khalili (HQN)

Haqqani commander, Ghazni-Paktya

Mawlavi Abdulkhaliq (QS) (*)

Shadow governor, Ghor

Mullah Jaylani (QS)

Taliban shadow governor, Helmand

Mawlavi Abdulwali Shuaybkhel (QS)

Taliban shadow governor, Herat

Hafiz Mohibullah (QS)

Taliban shadow governor Kabul

Mawlavi Gad Haji Lalla (PS) (*)

Taliban shadow governor, Kandahar
 

Ghazi Noorullah (PS)

Taliban shadow governor, Kapisa

Qari Baryal (PS) (*)

Taliban commander, Laghman, Kapisa, Panjsher, Parwan

Mawlavi Ahmad Jan (HQN)

Taliban shadow governor, Khost

Mawlavi Mohammad Omer Mukhlis (QS)

Taliban shadow governor, Kunar
 

Mawlavi Abdul Salam (*)

Taliban shadow governor, Kunduz

Shah Rahman (HQN)

Haqqani commander, Kunduz

Name

Function

Qari Zubair (Jundullah)

Head of Jundullah, Kunduz

Mawlavi Amin Jan Kochi (PS)

Taliban shadow governor, Laghman

Mawlavi Mir Ahmad Gul (PS)

Shadow governor, Nangarhar

Abdul Rahim Muslimdost (ISIL)

ISIL commander, Nangarhar

Mawlavi Abdul Qayum Rohani (QS) (*)

Shadow governor, Nimroz

Mawlavi Esmatullah (PS)

Shadow governor, Nuristan

Mullah Adam Khan Kochi (HQN)

Haqqani commander, Paktya, Logar

Mawlawi Ismail (PS) (*)

Shadow governor, Parwan

Mawlawi Najibullah Attaullah (QS)

Shadow governor, Sari Pul

Qari Ahmadullah Mullahkhel (PS) (*)

Shadow governor, Wardak,

former member  Hezb-i Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (QDi.088)

Mullah Nasrullah Matiullah (PS)

Shadow governor, Zabul

Mansoor Dadullah (FM)
Fidayi Mahaz commander, Zabul