Thani, Mohammad Esa Mullah

1. Former Minister of Public Works:
Eng Abdul Qudoos (20100628-20120305)
Najibullah Awzhang Najibullah Awjan Najibullah Aoudjan (20120305-20140930)
Najibullah Awzhang Najibullah Awjan Acting Minister of Public Works (20141001)
acting Minister of Water and Power Ghulam Faruq Qarizadeh (20141209)
Mahmood Baligh (20150418, 2016112 impeached and acting)
Yama Yari (20170807, 20171204 confirmed 20200903)
Najibullah Yamin (20201130)
Abdul Manan Omari (20210907)
Mullah Mohammad Esa Thani, Thani replaces Abdul Manan Umari as acting minister of public works. (20230121)

Spokesman of the Ministry of Public Works:
Mohammad Ashraf Haqshenas (20241116)

Deputy Minister Public Works:
Mawlavi Mohammad Ismail Ghaznawi, former governor of Badakhshan, appointed deputy minister for road maintenance at the Ministry of Public Works.(20260825)
Deputy Minister of Public Works for Railways, Mohammad Ishaq Sahibzadeh (20241115)
Mohammad Younus Agha (20220913)
Mullah Abdul Haq Hamkar, former Financial and Administrative Deputy of the Ministry of Public Works,  has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) (20260108)
Deputy Minister of Public Work Maulvi Bakht Rahman Sharafat  Mullah Bakht-u-Rehman Sharafat (20211219)
Qari Mohammad Younis Rashid, former Deputy Minister for Youth Affairs at the Ministry of Information and Culture, has been appointed Financial and Administrative Deputy of the Ministry of Public Works (20260108)

Director Ministry of Energy and Water (2005-2009)
Eng. Ahmad Shah Wahid Waheed (20100628, 20120904),
Ahmad Shah Waheed, deputy minister for public works, was taken by gunmen at around 7am (0230 GMT) from the Khairkhana neighbourhood of Kabul. (20140415)
acting MoPW minister Noor Gul Mangal(20150104)
Deputy Minister Abdul Rahman Salahi (20180122)

Deputy Minister for Railways at the Ministry of Public Works,
Mohammad Ishaq Sahibzada (20250914)
Mawlawi Mohammad Ishaq Sahibzada, deputy minister for railways at the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW), had been appointed administrative and financial deputy minister at the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (20260730)

Director General and CEO Afghan Railway Department, Director Afghanistan Railway Authority Ministry of Public Works MoPW Afghanistan Railway Authority (AfRA):

Yama Shams (20141028, 20150620, 20160419, 20170202)
Mohammad Ishaq Sahibzada, Deputy Minister for Railways at the Ministry of Public Works

2. Previous Function:
Deputy Minister of Energy and Water (20230120)
Minister of Public Works (20230121)

3. Biodata:
Mullah Mohammad Esa Thani Isa Thani aka  Mohammad Essa Akhund, Mohammad Isa Sani was born 1957. Considered a prominent figure in the southern Taliban, he is closely associated with key leadership figures and belongs to the Nurzai Noorzai tribe. He has extensive experience in the energy and mining sectors, having previously served as the Deputy Minister of Energy and Water, CEO of the state-owned national electricity company (DABS), and Deputy Minister for Technical Affairs at the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum. (20260523)
During the 1990s, he served as Minister of Energy and Water under the Taliban regime. His experience also includes roles as a judge in Kandahar and deputy governor of Uruzgan province. He previously fought against Soviet forces as part of the Mawlawi Mohammad Younas Khalis faction. He is considered a close associate of Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Defense Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob.

He reportedly holds an Afghanistan diplomatic passport D0010402 (issued August 4, 2024, in Kabul; expires August 4, 2029), listing a date of birth of February 22, 1957. He is listed under the United Nations sanctions regime as Mullah Essa Akhund under designation TAi.060.