1. Former Provincial Governor of Balkh Province:
Mohammad Eshaq Rahgozar. A court in Mazar-i-Sharif also ordered the prosecution of former Balkh governor Mohammad Ishaq Rahgozar (20210207)
Ustad Atta Mohammad Noor (2004, 20171217)
Eng. Mohammad Dawood (20171218-20180312)
Alahaj Muhammad Ishaq Rahguzar (20180313, 20180322, 20201006)
Muhammad Farhad Azimi (2020107)
Mawlawi Qudratullah Abu Hamza, Balkh’s governor, (20210916, 20211116)
Daud Muzammil Mawlavi Mohammad Davood Muzamil Mullah Mohammad Daud Muzamil, assassinated on 9 March 2024 (2022, 2024)
Maulvi Mohammad Yusuf Wafa, Balkh Governor (20230300, 20230713, 20250224)
Deputy Governor:
Muhammad Zaher Wahdat Abdul Zahir Wahdat Mohammad Zahir Wahdat (20091119, 20110926, 2013117), survived a suicide attack unhurt in his armored vehicle (2013117, 20140807)
Hasib Quraishi (20171221)
Bashir Tawhidi, deputy governor of the province and a close aide to Atta Noor )20180101)
Shujauddin Shuja
Noorul Huda (20211107)
Mawlawi Noorulhadi Abo-Edris, Deputy Governor of Balkh (20241116)
Governor’s house chief of staff:
Qais Mehrain (20160115)
Spokesman for Balkh’s governor:
Munir Farhad Munir Ahmad Farhad (20110110, 20150905, 20171011, 20180516, 20200104)
Head of the Virtue and Vice Department in Balkh province:
Mawlavi Sardar Mohammad Haidari (20211116)
Obaidullah, previously Taliban director of agriculture in Kabul, has been appointed head of the Taliban’s Department of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in Balkh (20250424)
Department of provincial Information and Culture Director:
Saleh Mohammad Khaliq (20111013)
Zabiullah Norani, Mawlavi Zabihullah Norani, Mawlawi Zabihullah Noorani (20211019)
Abdul Wahid Ahadi, Head of tourism at the Balkh Department of Information and Culture (20250423)Mawlavi Mohammadullah Zarar, Head of Information and Culture in Balkh (20250925)
Department of the Haj and Religious Affairs Head:
Mullah Abdul Hanan Hamed, acting head (20110413)
Balkh Provincial Counternarcotics Departmen Head:
Farid Mohammad Azizi Ajizi acting head (20110822)
Provincial Energy and Water Director:
Eng. Nasir (20110901)
Balkh Director of Refugee and Repatriation Affairs:
Abdul Saboor Qadri Saboor Qaderi (20120116, 20120905)
Syed Massoud Qaderi (20201204)
Agricultural Department Head:
Kabit Shams (20120209)
Department of Labor and Social Affairs Director:
Mrs. Gulalai Hotak (20130119) fined in graft case
Women affairs director:
Mrs. Fariba Majid (20080716, 20110417, 20130208) applied for asylum in Finland (20130208)
Mrs. Rabia Muradi (20131223)
Mrs. Shahla Hadid (20180407)
High Peace chief for Balkh:
Haji Akhtar Mohammad Ibrahimkhel (20120713)
Department of Public Health:
Mirwais Rabi (2012, 20160417, 20170514)
Dr. Mairwais Rabee Dr. Mirwais Rabea (20190508)
Ghawsuddin Anwari, acting head of the Balkh health directorate (20210101)
Dr Gul Ahmad Ayubi, acting director of Public Health in Balkh (20210613)
Mawlavi Sheikh Mir Saddam (20210800-20220111)
Dr. Najibullah Tawana, Head of Balkh public health to the doctors and staff of the Department (20220112)
Department of Rural Rehabilitation and Development:
Eng. Basit Aini (2012)
Department of Public Works:
Eng. Enayatullah (2012)
AIHRC Director:
Mrs. Fawzia Nawabi (20130413)
Director fuel and gas:
Arian Muradi (201802, 20180304)
Director Urban Development and Land Department (UDLD):
Eng. Sher Shah Hotak (20210119)
Director of Balkh Education Department:
Aliullah Amiri (20210808)
Mawlavi Abdul Jalil Shahidkhel, Abdul Jalil Shaheedkhil, director of education in Balkh (20211114, 20220503)
2. Previous Function:
Provincial Governor Kandahar (20210800, 20220406)
Provincial Governor Balkh (20230300, 20250224)
3. Biodata:
Maulvi Haji Mohammad Yousuf Wafa Mohammad Yousuf Wafa, is a close ally of Mullah Hibatullah. He spoke out in support of their leader, emphasizing that the group Taliban had pledged allegiance to him and “must obey his orders.” (20230215) Mohammad Yousuf Wafa is a close confidant of Hibatullah Akhundzada. He was appointed governor of Balkh following the assassination of his predecessor, Mullah Mohammad Daud Muzamil, on 9 March 2024.
Documents reveal that Mohammad Yousuf Wafa, the Taliban governor of Balkh, has filed a formal complaint with the Taliban Supreme Court, calling for a military trial of Abbas Stanekzai, the group’s deputy foreign minister.
Wafa accused Stanekzai of “disrespecting” Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and opposing his decrees.
According to an official letter from the Office of the Governor of Balkh, dated 20 January 2025, Wafa urged the court to prosecute Stanekzai for his criticism of Akhundzada’s policies. The letter alleges that Stanekzai’s remarks, made during a religious ceremony in Khost province, amount to “opposition to the orders of the Taliban leader” and should be met with judicial action.
The official complaint against Abbas Stanekzai—one of the Taliban’s senior figures—signals growing internal divisions within the group’s leadership. His escape, coupled with Wafa’s demand for his trial, highlights rising tensions within the Taliban’s upper ranks.
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