Council of Ministers of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | |
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Overview | |
Established | 7 September 2021 25 October 1927 (original) | (current form)
State | Afghanistan |
Leader | Prime Minister |
Appointed by | Supreme Leader |
Ministries | Twenty-six |
Responsible to | Leadership |
Annual budget | 231,400,000,000 Afghan afghanis (FY 2022–23)[1] |
Headquarters | Arg, Kabul |
Afghanistan portal |
The Council of Ministers of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan[2] is the executive body of the government of Afghanistan, responsible for day-to-day governance and the implementation of policy set by the Leadership. It is headed by the prime minister—who serves as the nation's head of government—and his deputies, and consists of the heads and deputy heads of the government ministries.
Following the fall of Kabul to Taliban Forces on 15 August 2021, tentative nominations to the cabinet were announced in late August 2021.[3][4][5]
The Taliban said in early September 2021 that women would not be allowed to "work in high-ranking posts" in the government[6] and "ruled out" women in the cabinet.[7] On 24 August 2021, Fawzia Koofi, a former member of the Afghan National Assembly, had said that a men-only government would "not be complete".[8] Early September street protests by women in Herat and Kabul called for women to be included in the new government.[9][10][6]
A men-only "caretaker cabinet"[11] was appointed by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada on 7 September 2021.[12][13] BBC News stated that the Ministry of Women's Affairs appeared to have been abolished.[13] Another two veterans were named two weeks later as deputies.[14] Afghanistan's main political parties objected to the choice of acting Cabinet members as non-inclusive, with Jamiat-e Islami describing it as "more monopolist and extremist in politics and power than the previous imposed leaders", and Atta Muhammad Nur seeing it as a "sign of hegemony, monopoly and a return to the past".[15]
As of 29 January 2022, no other country had formally recognized the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan as the de facto government of Afghanistan.[16]
Portfolio | Name | Years | Status | Refs |
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Prime Minister | Hasan Akhund | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Abdul Kabir | May–July 2023 | acting pro tempore | [17][18][19] | |
First Deputy Prime Minister | Abdul Ghani Baradar | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Second Deputy Prime Minister | Abdul Salam Hanafi | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Third Deputy Prime Minister | Abdul Kabir | 2021–present | acting | [20] |
Minister of Defense | Abdul Qayyum Zakir | 24 August 2021 – 7 September 2021 | acting | [21] |
Mullah Yaqoob | 2021–present | acting | [5] | |
Deputy Minister of Technology and Logistics at Ministry of Defense | Maulvi Attaullah Omari | 2022–present | acting | [22] |
Deputy Minister of Planning and Policy at Ministry of Defense | Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Farid | 2022–present | acting | [22] |
Deputy Minister of Construction of the Ministry of Defense | Maulvi Abdul Ali Jihadiyar | 2022–present | acting | [22] |
Minister of Interior Affairs | Ibrahim Sadr | 24 August 2021 – 7 September 2021 | acting | [23] |
Sirajuddin Haqqani | 2021–present | acting | [5] | |
Deputy Interior Minister | Noor Jalal | 7 September 2021–present | acting | [24] |
Ibrahim Sadr | 2021–present | acting | [25] | |
Mohammad Mohsin Hashimi | 2021–present | acting | [26] | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Amir Khan Muttaqi | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Deputy Minister for Counter Narcotics | Abdul Haq Akhund | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Minister of Finance | Gul Agha Ishakzai | 2021–30 May 2023 | acting | [5] |
Nasir Akhund | 30 May 2023–present | acting | ||
Deputy Minister of Finance | Nasir Akhund | 2021–30 May 2023 | acting | [27] |
Minister of Education | Hemat Akhundzada | 23 August 2021 – 7 September 2021 | acting | [28] |
Noorullah Munir | 2021–present | acting | [5] | |
Minister of Information and Culture | Khairullah Khairkhwa | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Deputy Minister of Information and Culture | Zabihullah Mujahid | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Deputy Minister of youth affairs at Information and Culture Ministry | Faizullah Akhund | 2021–14 March 2022 | acting | [29] |
Abdul Rahim Saqib | 14 March 2022–present | acting | [30] | |
Deputy Minister of finance and administration at Information and Culture Ministry | Atiqullah Azizi | 2021–present | acting | [29] |
Minister of Economy | Din Mohammad Hanif | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Deputy Minister of Economy | Abdul Latif Nazari | 2021–present | acting | [31] |
Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs | Noor Mohammad Saqib | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Minister of Justice | Abdul Hakim Haqqani | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Deputy Minister of Justice | Maulvi Abdul Karim | 14 March 2022–present | acting | [30] |
Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs | Noorullah Noori | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development | Mohammad Younus Akhundzada | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Deputy Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development | Maulvi Abdul Rahman Halim | 2021–present | acting | [32] |
Mufti Saeed Ahmad Mustaqim | 2021–present | acting | [33] | |
Qari Salahuddin Ayubi | 2022–present | acting | [22] | |
Minister of Public Works | Abdul Manan Omari | 2021–2023 | acting | [5] |
Mohammad Esa Thani | 2023–present | acting | [34] | |
Deputy Minister of Public Works | Bakht-ur-Rehman Sharafat | 2021–14 March 2022 | acting | [35] |
Minister of Mines and Petroleum | Mohammed Isa Akhund | 7 September 2021–22 November 2021 | acting | [5] |
Shahabuddin Delawar | 23 November 2021–7 July 2024 | acting | [36] | |
Gul Agha Ishakzai | 7 July 2024–present | acting | [37] | |
Deputy Minister of Mines and Petroleum | Mohammed Isa Akhund | 23 November 2021 | acting | [36] |
Minister of Water and Energy | Abdul Latif Mansoor | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Deputy Minister of Water and Energy | Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Omar | 2021–present | acting | [38] |
Arifullah Arif | 2021–present | acting | [27] | |
Minister of Civil Aviation and Transport | Hamidullah Akhundzada | 2021–present | acting | [39][5] |
Minister of Higher Education | Abdul Baqi Haqqani | 2021–2022 | acting | [40][5] |
Neda Mohammad | 2022–present | acting | ||
Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Technical affairs | Lutfullah Khairkhwa | 2021–present | acting | [41] |
Deputy Minister of Finance and Administration at Ministry of Higher Education | Maulvi Haseebullah Hamid | 2022–present | acting | [22] |
Minister of Telecommunications | Najibullah Haqqani | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Deputy Minister of Telecommunications | Saifuddin Tayeb | 2021–present | acting | [36] |
Minister of Refugees | Khalil Haqqani | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Director of Intelligence | Abdul Haq Wasiq | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Deputy Director of Intelligence | Tajmir Javad | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Rahmatullah Najeeb | 2021–present | acting | [5] | |
Governor of the Central Bank | Haji Mohammad Idris | August 2021–October 2021 | acting | [5] |
Shakir Jalali | October 2021–March 2023 | acting | [42] | |
Gul Agha Ishakzai | March 2023–July 2024 | acting | ||
Noor Ahmad Agha | July 2024–present | acting | [37] | |
Director of the Administrative Office of the Prime Minister | Ahmad Jan Ahmady | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice | Sheikh Mohammad Khalid | 2021–present | acting | [5][12][43] |
Deputy Minister of Defense | Abdul Qayyum Zakir | 2021–present | acting | [25] |
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces | Qari Fasihuddin | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Deputy Foreign Minister | Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai | 2021–present | acting | [5] |
Minister of Public Health | Qalandar Ibad | 2021–28 May 2024 | acting | [44] |
Maulawi Noor Jalal | May 2024–present | acting | [37] | |
Deputy Minister of Public Health | Abdul Bari Omar | 2021–2022 | acting | [44] |
Mohammad Hassan Ghiasi | 2021–present | acting | [44] | |
Maulvi Mohammad Ishaq Asim | 2022–present | acting | [45] | |
Minister of Commerce and Industry | Nooruddin Azizi | 2021–present | acting | [46] |
Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry | Muhammad Basheer | 2021–present | acting | [44] |
Mohammad Azim Sultan Zada | 2021–present | acting | [44] | |
Deputy Minister of Disaster Management | Ghulam Ghaus | 2021–present | acting | [38] |
Deputy Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs | Gul Zarin | 2021–present | acting | [44] |
Haji Gul Mohammad | 2021–present | acting | [38] | |
Maulvi Ahmad Taha | 2021–4 March 2022 | acting | [29] | |
Maulvi Abdul Rahman Haqqani | 2022–present | acting | [22] | |
Deputy Minister of Refugees | Arsala Kharoti | 2021–present | acting | [38] |
Director of the Central National Statistics | Mohammad Faqeer | 2021–present | acting | [44] |
Head of the Afghanistan Nuclear Energy Agency | Engr. Najibullah | 2021–present | acting | [44] |
Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock | Abdul Rahman Rashid | 2021–present | acting | [47] |
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock | Sadar Azam | 2021–present | acting | [47] |
Attaullah Omari | 2021–4 March 2022 | acting | [47] | |
Shamsuddin Pahlawan | 2021–present | acting | [48] | |
Minister of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs | Abdul Majeed Akhund | 2021–present | acting | [48] |
Deputy Minister of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs | Mullah Abdul Razzaq Akhund | 2021–4 March 2022 | acting | [48] |
Sheikh Maulvi Abdul Hakim | 2021–present | acting | [36] | |
Deputy Minister of Education | Maulvi Sakhaullah | 2021–present | acting | [48] |
Saeed Ahmad Shahid Khel | 2021–present | acting | [32] | |
Minister of Disaster Management | Mohammad Abbas Akhund | 2021–present | acting | [36] |
Deputy Minister of Disaster Management | Sharafuddin Taqi | 2021–present | acting | [36] |
Maulvi Enayatullah | 2021–present | acting | [36] | |
Head of the Afghan passport Department | Alam Gul Haqqani | 2021–present | acting | [49] |
Minister of Labor and Social Affairs | Abdul Wali | 2022–present | acting | [22] |
Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs | Maulvi Makhdoom Abdul Salam Saadat | 2022–present | acting | [22] |
Deputy Minister of Tourism | Mullah Saaduddin Akhund | 2022–present | acting | [22] |
Deputy Minister of Finance and Administration at Ministry of Urban Development | Hafiz Mohammad Amin | 2022–present | acting | [22] |
From the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan through to the August 2021 Fall of Kabul, Afghanistan had interim and transitional administrations, followed by cabinets of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan starting in 2004. These are listed below from latest to earliest.
During the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the president selected the members of cabinet with the approval of the National Assembly. Candidates for a ministerial position had to be an Afghan citizen, be at least 35 years of age and have higher education.[50] Ministers, unlike the president and vice presidents, could have citizenship of another country, although in 2017 the Wolesi Jirga had rejected ministers who had dual citizenship.[51]
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Portfolio | Name | Years | Status |
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President | Ashraf Ghani | 2014–2021 | Chosen by electorate. In exile since August 2021 |
First Vice President | Abdul Rashid Dostum Amrullah Saleh |
2014–2020 2020-2021 |
Chosen by electorate. In exile |
Second Vice President | Mohammad Sarwar Danish | 2014–2021 | Chosen by electorate. In exile |
Chief Executive Officer | Abdullah Abdullah | 2014–2020 | Position abolished in 2020. |
First Deputy Chief Executive Officer | Mohammad Khan | 2014–2020 | |
Second Deputy Chief Executive Officer | Mohammad Mohaqiq | 2014–2020 | |
Foreign Affairs Minister | Salahuddin Rabbani | 2015–2019 | Acting (First Approved by the National Assembly, but later Rejected by them) |
National Defense Minister | Tariq Shah Bahrami | 2017–2019 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Interior Affairs Minister | Wais Barmak | 2017–2018 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Finance Minister | Eklil Ahmad Hakimi | 2015–2019 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Economy Minister | Mustafa Mastoor | 2017–2020 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Agriculture Minister | Nasir Ahmad Durrani | 2017–2019 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Energy and Water Minister | Ali Ahmad Osmani | 2015–2018 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Minister of Justice | Abdul Basir Anwar | 2015–2018 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Information and Culture Minister | Abdul Bari Jahani | 2015–2017 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Minister of Education | Assadullah Hassan Balkhi | 2015–2017 | |
Higher Education Minister | Najibullah Khwaja Omari | 2017–2018 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Minister of Industry and Commerce | Humayoon Rasaw | 2015–2017 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Transport Minister | Mohammad Yamma Shams | 2020–2020 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Women's Affairs Minister | Delbar Nazari | 2015–2017 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Haj and Religious Affairs Minister | Faiz Mohammad Osmani | 2015–2019 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Public Health Minister | Ferozuddin Feroz | 2015–2020 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Mines Minister | Nargis Nehan | 2017–2020 | Acting |
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | Shahzad Gul Ayoubi | 2017–2018 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development | Pohanmal Mojib ul-Rahman Karimi | 2017–2018 | |
Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled | Faizullah Zaki | 2017–2018 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Frontiers, Nations, and Tribal Affairs Minister | Gulagha Sherzai | 2017–2020 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Urban Development and Housing Minister | Mansour Nadery | 2015–2019 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Counter Narcotics Minister | Salamat Azimi | 2015–2019 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Refugees and Repatriation Minister | Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi | 2015–2020 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Attorney General | Farid Hamidi | 2016–2021 | In exile |
Director of the National Directorate of Security | Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai | 2016–2019 | Approved by the National Assembly |
National Security Advisor | Mohammad Hanif Atmar | 2015–2019 | Appointed by Ashraf Ghani |
After winning a second term, President Hamid Karzai nominated 23 ministers in December 2009 to be part of his new administration but only 7 were approved by the National Assembly. All the other candidates that Karzai initially selected were rejected by members of the National Assembly.[52] Karzai presented a second list of 18 candidates to the Wolesi Jirga on 9 January 2010. A week later, the Wolesi Jirga again approved only seven of the candidates.[53] Since then, part of the ministries have been governed by acting ministers who do not held approval of the Afghan legislature.
In June 2010, after the resignation of Interior Minister Hanif Atmar, President Karzai submitted 7 names for a third round of confirmation in the National Assembly. Five of them were approved by the National Assembly, leaving only six of the 25 ministries left with an 'acting minister.'[54] In the line chart below is the list of members of the current Afghan Cabinet (2009–2014).[55]
Portfolio | Name | Years | Status |
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President | Hamid Karzai | 2009–2014 | Chosen by electorate |
First Vice President | Mohammed Fahim | 2009–2014 | Chosen by electorate, died March 2014 |
Yunus Qanuni | 2014-2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
Second Vice President | Karim Khalili | 2009–2014 | Chosen by electorate |
Foreign Affairs Minister | Zalmai Rassoul | 2010–2013 | Resigned in 2013 to run for president |
Zarar Ahmad Moqbel | 2013–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
Defense Minister | Abdul Rahim Wardak | 2010–2012 | Voted out of office by the National Assembly in 2012 |
Bismillah Khan Mohammadi | 2012–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
Interior Minister | Mohammad Hanif Atmar | 2010-2010 | Resigned June 2010 |
Bismillah Khan Mohammadi | 2010–2012 | Approved by the National Assembly, voted out of office by the National Assembly in 2012 | |
Ghulam Mujtaba Patang | 2012–2013 | Was voted out of office by the National Assembly in 2013 | |
Mohammad Omar Daudzai | 2013–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
Finance Minister | Omar Zakhilwal | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Economic Minister | Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Justice Minister | Habibullah Ghaleb | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly, died in March 2014 |
Information and Cultural Affairs Minister | Sayed Makhdum Raheen | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Education Minister | Ghulam Farooq Wardak | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Higher Education Minister | Sarwar Danish | 2010–2012 | Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister |
Obaidaullah Obaid | 2012–2014 | Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, but in 2012 nominated again and approved | |
Trade and Commerce Minister | Ghulam Mohammad Eelaqi | 2010-2010 | Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister |
Anwar ul-Haq Ahady | 2010–2013 | Approved by the National Assembly, resigned in 2013 to run for president | |
Mohammad Shakir Kargar | 2013–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
Water and Energy Minister | Ismail Khan | 2010–2013 | Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, served as acting minister, approved in 2012. Resigned in 2013 to become running mate of Abdurrab Rasul Sayaf. |
Mohammad Arif Noorzai | 2013–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
Transportation and Aviation Minister | Mohammadulla Batash | 2010-2010 | Rejected by the National Assembly, served half a year as acting minister |
Daoud Ali Najafi | 2010–2014 | Rejected in 2010, served as acting minister, approved by the National Assemblyin 2012[56] | |
Public Works Minister | Sohrab Ali Safari | 2010-2010 | Never proposed to the National Assembly, acting minister until 2010 |
Abdul Qadus Hamidi | 2010–2012 | Approved by the National Assembly in 2010 | |
Najibullah Aoudjan | 2012–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
Women's Affairs Minister | Husn Bano Ghazanfar | 2010–2014 | Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, served as acting minister and approved in 2012 |
Haj and Islamic Affairs Minister | Mohammad Yousef Niazi | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Public Health Minister | Suraya Dalil | 2010–2014 | Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, served as Acting Minister, Approved in 2012[56] |
Agriculture Minister | Mohammad Asif Rahimi | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Mines Minister | Waheedullah Sharani | 2010–2013 | Approved by the National Assembly, Resigned in 2013 to become running mate to Qayum Karzai. |
Mohammad Akbar Barakzai | 2013–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | Amirzai Sangin | 2010–2014 | Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, served as Acting Minister, Approved in 2012 |
Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister | Jarullah Mansouri | 2010–2012 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Wais Ahmad Barmak | 2012–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly[56] | |
Work, Social Affairs, Martyred and Disabled Minister | Amina Afzali | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly |
Border Affairs and Tribal Affairs Minister | Arsala Jamal | 2010-2010 | Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister |
Assadullah Khalid | 2010–2012 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
Azizullah Din Mohammad | 2012–2013 | Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister | |
Akram Khpalwak | 2013–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
Urban Development Minister | Sultan Hussain | 2010–2012 | Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister |
Hasan Abdullahai | 2012–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly[56] | |
Counter Narcotics Minister | Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani | 2010–2013 | Approved by the National Assembly, resigned in 2013 to become Foreign Affairs Minister |
Mobarez Rashidi | 2014-2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
Refugees and Repatriation Minister | Abdul Rahim | 2010-2010 | Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister |
Jamahir Anwari | 2010–2014 | Approved by the National Assembly | |
Chief of the National Directorate of Security | Amrullah Saleh Ibrahim Spinzada Asadullah Khalid Rahmatullah Nabil |
Resigned in 2010 Acting head since 2010 | |
National Security Advisor | Rangeen Dadfar Spanta |
In the line chart below is the list of members of the Afghan Cabinet from 2004 to 2009.[57][58]
The Bonn conference of December 2001 had installed an interim government, the 2002 Loya Jirga subsequently elected a transitional administration. From July 2002 until the presidential elections in October 2004, the Transitional Administration governed Afghanistan.
Following the late 2001 ouster of the Taliban regime approximately two dozen leading Afghans met in Germany at the Bonn Conference to choose a leadership and set in place a timeline for the adoption of a new constitution for a new Afghan government, and the timeline for choosing an executive and legislature by democratic election.[63] In the chart below is the list of members of the Interim Afghan authority. The Afghan Interim Administration (AIA) was the first administration of Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime and was the highest authority of the country from 22 December 2001 until 13 July 2002.
Interim Administration Position |
Name | Notes |
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Chairman | Hamid Karzai | Independent Pashtun tribal leader in exile in Pakistan |
Vice-Chair and Defense Minister |
Mohammed Fahim | Defense Minister of the United Islamic Front |
Vice–Chair and Women's Affairs |
Sima Samar | Founder of the Shuhada Organization and Shuhada Clinic in Quetta, Rome Group. |
Vice-Chair and Planning Minister |
Mohammed Mohaqqeq | Warlord fighting against the Taliban for the People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan in the United Islamic Front |
Vice-Chair and Water and Energy Minister |
Ahmed Shakar Karkar | United Islamic Front |
Vice-Chair and Finance Minister |
Hedayat Amin Arsala | Foreign Minister of the Islamic State of Afghanistan in the 90s. Rome group. |
Foreign Minister | Abdullah Abdullah | Foreign Minister of the United Islamic Front |
Interior Minister | Yunus Qanuni | Interior Minister of the United Islamic Front |
Communications Minister | Abdul Rahim | United Islamic Front |
Borders Minister | Amanullah Zadran | Taliban leader, who defected after the American invasion, Rome Group |
Refugees Minister | Intayatullah Nazeri | United Islamic Front |
Small Industries Minister | Aref Noozari | United Islamic Front |
Mines and Industry Minister | Mohammed Alim Razm | United Islamic Front |
Health Minister | Sohaila Siddiqi | Has been in the governments of king Mohammed Zahir Shah and the communist regime of the 1970s and 1980s. Independent |
Commerce Minister | Sayed Mustafa Kasemi | Spokesmen and leader of United National Front |
Agriculture Minister | Sayed Hussain Anwari | Chief military commander of the Harakat-e Islami in the United National Front |
Justice Minister | Abbas Karimi | United Islamic Front |
Information and Culture Minister | Saeed Makhdoom Rahim | Poet and writer, Rome group |
Reconstruction Minister | Mohammed Fahim Farhang | Rome Group |
Haj and Mosques Minister | Mohammad Hanif Balkhi | Independent |
Urban Affairs Minister | Abdul Qadir | Leader in the United National Front for the Hezb-e Islami Khalis faction |
Public Works Minister | Abdul Khaliq Fazal | Rome group |
Irrigation Minister | Mangal Hussein | Previously warlord for the Hezbi Islami Gulbuddin, Peshawar group |
Martyrs and Disabled Minister | Abdullah Wardak | Leader in the United National Front for the Islamic Union for the Liberation of Afghanistan |
Higher Education Minister | Sharif Faez | United Islamic Front |
Civil Aviation & Tourism Minister | Abdul Rahman | Member of United Islamic Front, but he threw his support to former king Zahir Shah and became a member of the Rome Group |
Labor and Social Affairs | Mirwais Saddiq | Son of Ismail Khan, United Islamic Front |
Transportation Minister | Sultan Hamid Sultan | |
Education Minister | Abdul Rassoul Amin | Member of the National Islamic Front and the Rome group. |
Rural Development Minister | Abdul Malik Anwar | United Islamic Front |
This government was only recognized by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, though Pakistan and the United Emirates later withdrew their recognition after the September 11 attacks. All other states continued to recognize the Islamic State of Afghanistan.
The Islamic Emirate has decided to appoint and announce a caretaker cabinet to undertake necessary governmental tasks.
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