List of Taliban provincial governors

This is a list of provincial governors of the Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) from 1996 to 2001. Much of the information is drawn from a United Nations list of senior Taliban leaders.^[1]

Taliban provincial governors^[1][2][3]

Honorific	Name	Province	Notes
Mullah	Mohammad Hasan Rahmani	Kandahar Province
Maulavi	Abdul Kabir	Nangahar Province	Second Deputy, Council of Ministers Head of Eastern Zone
Maulavi	Abdul Jabbar Omari	Baghlan Province	Guarded Mohammed Omar in the years after the US invasion.
Maulavi	Norullah Noori	Balkh Province	Head of Northern Zone
	Muhammad Islam	Bamiyan Province
Mullah	Janan	Faryab Province
Mullah	Dost Mohammad	Ghazni Province
Maulavi	Khair Mohammad Khairkhwah	Herat Province
Maulavi	Abdul Bari	Helmand Province
Maulavi	Nazar Mohammad	Kunduz Province
Maulavi	Walijan	Jawzjan Province
Mullah	Manan Nyazi	Kabul Province	Deputy leader of a Taliban faction led by Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour. Died 15 May 2021 in a Kabul hospital from gunshot wounds inflicted by unknown gunmen in Herat Province.[4]
Maulavi	A. Wahed Shafiq	Kabul Province	Deputy Governor
Maulavi	Shafiqullah Mohammadi	Khost Province	Appointed the Governor of Khost in January 2000.[5]
	M. Eshaq	Laghman Province
Maulavi	Zia ur Rahman Madani	Logar Province
Maulavi	Hamsudin	Maidan Wardak Province
Mullah	Muhammad Rasul	Nimroz Province
Maulavi	Tawana	Paktia Province
Mullah	M. Shafiq	Samangan Province
Maulavi	Aminullah Amin	Sar-e Pol Province
Maulavi	Abdulhai Salek	Urozgan Province
Maulavi	Ahmad Jan	Zabol Province	The News International reported that "According to well-informed diplomatic circles in Islamabad..." he had been a member of the Quetta Shura, prior to his capture in February 2010.[6]

References

1. John R. Bolton (2003). "Denied Persons Pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution". United States Federal Registry. Retrieved 2010-11-03.
2. "Security council committee on Afghanistan designates further individuals, financial entities relating to resolution 1267 (1999) and 1333 (2000)". United Nations. 2000-04-12. Archived from the original on 2009-08-11.
3. "The Consolidated List established and maintained by the 1267 Committee with respect to Al-Qaida, Usama bin Laden, and the Taliban and other individuals, groups, undertakings and entities associated with them". United Nations. 2010-01-25. Archived from the original on 2010-03-06.
4. "Deputy Head Of Breakaway Taliban Faction Dies Following Attack". Ghandara. Radio Azadi. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
5. "Afghan Taliban replace unpopular Khost governor". Agence France Presse. 2000-01-27. The installation of Maulavi Shafiqullah Mohammadi as the new governor four days ago appears to be the first time the Islamic fundamentalists have replaced a governor because of his unpopularity.
6. Amir Mir (2010-03-01). "Pakistan wipes out half of Quetta Shura". The News International. Archived from the original on 2010-03-09. According to well-informed diplomatic circles in Islamabad, the decision-makers in the powerful Pakistani establishment seem to have concluded in view of the ever-growing nexus between the Pakistani and the Afghan Taliban that they are now one and the same and the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Quetta Shura Taliban (QST) could no more be treated as two separate Jihadi entities.