Mawlawi Mawlawi Ismail Ghaznawi

2. Previous Function:
Deputy director for border inspections at the Taliban’s Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs
Member of the Commission for the Prevention of Land Grabbing
Provincial Governor Badakhshan (20251025) 
Deputy Minister Public Works (20260825)

3. Biodata:

Mawlawi Mohammad Ismail Ghaznawi.
Before his appointment, Ghaznawi served as Deputy Director for border inspections at the Taliban’s Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs and was also a member of the Commission for the Prevention of Land Grabbing. He replaces Mohammad Ayub Khalid, who has been appointed Commander of 215 Al-Azm Army Corps, one of the Taliban’s key regional military units. 
Mohammad Ismail Ghaznawi, the Taliban governor, said that operations at around 2,000 illegal Gold mines in Badakhshan had been halted. He travelled to the districts of Shighnan and Shiki on May 12 and warned local residents that they had no right to operate in mining and gold-processing workshops without obtaining an official permit from the Taliban. He also stated that any violations would be dealt with severely. 
 

the Taliban leadership has dispatched a special unit of approximately 1,000 personnel to Badakhshan in order to rein in local commanders and suppress rival networks.

The unit is being led by Ismail Ghaznawi, the Taliban's governor in Badakhshan, who is personally directing the operation in the Darwaz district and the mining districts.(20260519)