Akhund cabinet
Hasan Akhund's cabinet is the current cabinet of the Taliban's Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since its formation after the Fall of Kabul on 15 August 2021.
Cabinet
Post-Republic transitional government (2021)
On the first days of the new regime, tentative nominations to the cabinet were announced until late August 2021, including the acting ministers of Public Works, Water and Energy, Education and the acting Head of the Central Bank among other high-ranking officials were appointed. Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada directly appointed the caretaking ministers. Additionally, Wahid Majrooh, a minister of the old regime, stayed in office after cooperating with the Taliban until the end of September.
Controversies arose when the Taliban said in early September 2021 that women would not be allowed to "work in high-ranking posts" in the government and "ruled out" women in the cabinet. 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". Early September street protests by women in Herat and Kabul called for women to be included in the new government.
Akhund caretaker cabinet (2021–2025)
On 7 September 2021, a men-only "caretaker cabinet" was appointed by Akhundzada, headed by Hasan Akhund as Prime Minister. The Ministry of Women's Affairs was abolished. This was followed by three more major rounds of appointments on 21 September, 4 October and 23 November 2021. Among those were the nominations of two Taliban veterans as deputy ministers. Afghanistan's main political parties objected to the choice of acting cabinet members as non-inclusive, with the pro-Tajik 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".
Russia is the only country that has recognized the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
Akhund cabinet (2025–)
Akhund was appointed as permanent prime minister on 15 August 2025.
Portfolio |
Name |
Years |
Affiliation |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
Role |
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Prime Minister |
Hasan Akhund |
7 September 2021 – 17 May 2023 |
Taliban |
|
Abdul Kabir (caretaker) |
17 May – 17 July 2023 |
Taliban |
||
Hasan Akhund |
17 July 2023 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs |
Abdul Ghani Baradar |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Prime Minister for Administrative Affairs |
Abdul Salam Hanafi |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Prime Minister for Political Affairs |
Abdul Kabir |
4 October 2021 – 10 January 2025 |
Taliban |
|
Key ministries |
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Defence |
Abdul Qayyum Zakir |
24 August – 7 September 2021 |
Taliban |
|
Mullah Yaqoob |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
||
First Deputy Minister of Defence |
Mohammad Fazl |
7 September 2021 – 16 February 2026 |
Taliban |
|
Hamidullah Akhundzada |
16 February 2026 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Defence |
Abdul Qayyum Zakir |
21 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister of Technology and Logistics at the Ministry of Defence |
Attaullah Omari |
4 March 2022 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister of Planning and Policy at the Ministry of Defence |
Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Farid |
4 March 2022 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister of Construction at the Ministry of Defence |
Maulvi Abdul Ali Jihadyar |
4 March 2022 – present |
Taliban |
|
Foreign Affairs |
Amir Khan Muttaqi |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai |
7 September 2021 – 27 January 2025 |
Taliban |
|
Naeem Wardak |
27 January 2025 – present |
Taliban |
||
Interior |
Ibrahim Sadr |
24 August – 7 September 2021 |
Taliban |
|
Sirajuddin Haqqani |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Interior |
Noor Jalal |
7 September 2021 – 28 May 2024 |
Taliban |
|
Mohammad Mohsin Hashimi |
before 23 November 2021 – 21 September 2022 |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Security in the Ministry of Interior |
Ibrahim Sadr |
21 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister of Counter Narcotics in the Ministry of Interior |
Abdul Haq Akhund |
7 September 2021 – 13 October 2025 |
Taliban |
|
Mohammad Qasim Khalid |
13 October 2025 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister for the Provision of Supplies at the Ministry of Interior |
Mohammad Wazir Badshah |
13 October 2025 – present |
Taliban |
|
Intelligence |
Rahmatullah Najib |
24 August – 7 September 2021 |
Taliban |
|
Abdul Haq Wasiq |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
||
First Deputy Director of Intelligence |
Tajmir Javad |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Administrative Deputy Director of Intelligence |
Rahmatullah Najib |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Justice |
Abdul Hakim Haqqani |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister of Justice |
Maulvi Abdul Karim |
14 March 2022 – present |
Taliban |
|
Finance |
Gul Agha Ishakzai |
24 August 2021 – 30 May 2023 |
Taliban |
|
Nasir Akhund |
30 May 2023 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Finance |
Nasir Akhund |
23 November 2021 – 30 May 2023 |
Taliban |
|
other ministries |
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Commerce and Industry |
Nooruddin Azizi |
21 September 2021 – present |
pro-Taliban |
|
First Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry |
Muhammad Basheer |
21 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Second Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry |
Mohammad Azim Sultan Zada |
21 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry |
Qudratullah Jamal |
before 7–7 July 2024 |
Taliban |
|
Ahmadullah Zahid |
7 July 2024 – present |
Taliban |
||
Mines and Petroleum |
Mohammed Isa Akhund |
7 September 2021 – 23 November 2021 |
Taliban |
|
Shahabuddin Delawar |
23 November 2021 – 7 July 2024 |
Taliban |
||
Gul Agha Ishakzai |
7 July 2024 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Mines and Petroleum |
Mohammed Isa Akhund |
23 November 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister for Policy and Planning at the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum |
Abdul Rahman Qanet |
13 February 2025 – present |
Taliban |
|
Economy |
Din Mohammad Hanif |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister of Economy |
Abdul Latif Nazari |
25 December 2021 – present |
none |
|
Central Bank |
Haji Mohammad Idris |
23 August – 8 October 2021 |
Taliban |
|
Shakir Jalali |
8 October 2021 – 22 March 2023 |
Taliban |
||
Gul Agha Ishakzai |
22 March 2023 – 7 July 2024 |
Taliban |
||
Noor Ahmad Agha |
7 July 2024 – present |
Taliban |
||
Education |
Hemat Akhundzada |
23 August 2021 – 7 September 2021 |
Taliban |
|
Noorullah Munir |
7 September 2021 – 21 September 2022 |
Taliban |
||
Habibullah Agha |
21 September 2022 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Education |
Sakhaullah |
4 October 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Saeed Ahmad Shahid Khel |
23 November 2021 – present |
Taliban |
||
Higher Education |
Abdul Baqi Haqqani |
24 August 2021 – 18 October 2022 |
Taliban |
|
Neda Mohammad |
18 October 2022 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Technical Affairs |
Lutfullah Khairkhwa |
21 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister of Finance and Administration at the Ministry of Higher Education |
Maulvi Haseebullah Hamid |
4 March 2022 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister for Academic Affairs at the Ministry of Higher Education |
Zia-ur-Rahman Aryoubi |
13 February 2025 – present |
Taliban |
|
Public Works |
Bakht-ur-Rehman Sharafat |
21 August – 7 September 2021 |
Taliban |
|
Abdul Manan Omari |
7 September 2021 – 16 January 2023 |
Taliban |
||
unknown |
16 – 23 January 2023 |
|||
Mohammed Isa Akhund |
23 January 2023 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Public Works |
Bakht-ur-Rehman Sharafat |
7 September 2021 – 14 March 2022 |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister of Finance and Administration at the Ministry of Public Works |
Abdul Haq Akhund |
13 October 2025 – 8 January 2026 |
Taliban |
|
Mohammad Younus Rashid |
8 January 2026 – present |
Taliban |
||
Urban Development and Housing |
Hamdullah Nomani |
15 January 2023 – 29 June 2025 |
Taliban |
|
Najibullah Haqqani |
29 June 2025 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Finance and Administration at the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing |
Hafiz Mohammad Amin |
4 March 2022 – present |
Taliban |
|
Rural Rehabilitation and Development |
Mohammad Younus Akhundzada |
7 September 2021 – 8 January 2026 |
Taliban |
|
Abdul Latif Mansoor |
8 January 2026 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development |
Abdul Rahman Halim |
23 November 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Saeed Ahmad Mustaqim |
26 December 2021 – present |
Taliban |
||
Qari Salahuddin Ayubi |
4 March 2022 – present |
Taliban |
||
Public Health |
Wahid Majrooh |
15 August – 21 September 2021 |
none |
|
Qalandar Ibad |
21 September 2021 – 28 May 2024 |
Taliban |
||
Noor Jalal |
28 May 2024 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Public Health |
Abdul Bari Omar |
21 September 2021 – 2022 |
Taliban |
|
Mohammad Hassan Ghiasi |
21 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
||
Maulvi Mohammad Ishaq Asim |
5 March 2022 – present |
Taliban |
||
Communications and IT |
Najibullah Haqqani |
7 September 2021 – 29 June 2025 |
Taliban |
|
Hamdullah Nomani |
29 June 2025 – 4 May 2026 |
Taliban |
||
Abdul Ahad Fazli |
4 May 2026 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Communications and IT |
Saifuddin Tayeb |
23 November 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister of Finance and Administration at the Ministry of Communications and IT |
Mohammad Amin Jan Omari |
13 October 2025 – present |
Taliban |
|
Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock |
vacant |
7 – 22 September 2021 |
||
Abdul Rahman Rashid |
22 September 2021 – 21 August 2022 |
|
||
Attaullah Omari |
21 August 2022 – present |
|
||
Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock |
Sadar Azam |
22 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Attaullah Omari |
22 September 2021 – 4 March 2022 |
Taliban |
||
Shamsuddin Pahlawan |
4 October 2021 – present |
Taliban |
||
Water and Energy |
unknown |
22 August – 7 September 2021 |
||
Abdul Latif Mansoor |
7 September 2021 – 8 January 2026 |
Taliban |
||
Mohammad Younus Akhundzada |
8 January 2026 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Water and Energy |
Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Omar |
21 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Arifullah Arif |
23 November 2021 – present |
Taliban |
||
Information and Culture |
Khairullah Khairkhwa |
7 September 2021 – 1 September 2025 |
Taliban |
|
Shir Ahmad Haqqani |
1 September 2025 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Information and Culture |
Zabihullah Mujahid |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs at the Ministry of Information and Culture |
Faizullah Akhund |
23 November 2021 – 14 March 2022 |
Taliban |
|
Abdul Rahim Saqib |
14 March 2022 – before 8 January 2026 |
Taliban |
||
Mohammad Younus Rashid |
before 8 January 2026 – 8 January 2026 |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Finance and Administration at the Ministry of Information and Culture |
Atiqullah Azizi |
23 November 2021 – before 7 July 2024 |
Taliban |
|
Saeeduddin Saeed |
before 7 July – 7 July 2024 |
Taliban |
||
Qudratullah Jamal |
7 July 2024 – present |
Taliban |
||
Borders and Tribal Affairs |
Noorullah Noori |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
First Deputy Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs |
Haji Mohammad Gul Mohammad |
21 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Second Deputy Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs |
Gul Zarin |
21 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Maulvi Ahmad Taha |
23 November 2021 – 4 March 2022 |
Taliban |
||
Maulvi Abdul Rahman Haqqani |
4 March 2022 – present |
Taliban |
||
Refugee and Repatriation |
Khalil Haqqani |
7 September 2021 – 11 December 2024 |
Taliban |
|
vacant |
11 December 2024 – 10 January 2025 |
Taliban |
||
Abdul Kabir |
10 January 2025 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Refugee and Repatriation |
Arsala Kharoti |
21 September 2021 – 21 August 2022 |
Taliban |
|
Abdul Rahman Rashid |
21 August 2022 – present |
|
||
Labor and Social Affairs |
vacant |
7 September 2021 – 4 March 2022 |
||
Abdul Wali |
4 March 2022 – 16 January 2023 |
Taliban |
||
Abdul Manan Omari |
16 January 2023 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs |
Maulvi Makhdoom Abdul Salam Saadat |
4 March 2022 – 13 February 2025 |
Taliban |
|
Obaidullah Aminzada |
13 Februar 2025 – present |
Taliban |
||
Martyrs and Disabled Affairs |
Abdul Majeed Akhund |
4 October 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs |
Mullah Abdul Razzaq Akhund |
4 October 2021 – 4 March 2022 |
Taliban |
|
Sheikh Maulvi Abdul Hakim |
23 November 2021 – present |
Taliban |
||
Transport and Civil Aviation |
Hamidullah Akhundzada |
7 September 2021 – 16 February 2026 |
Taliban |
|
Mohammad Fazl |
16 February 2026 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Tourism |
Mullah Saaduddin Akhund |
4 March 2022 – present |
Taliban |
|
Hajj and Religious Affairs |
Noor Mohammad Saqib |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Deputy Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs |
Aziz-ur-Rahman Mansoor |
September 2022 – 1 February 2026 |
Taliban |
|
Director of the Administrative Office of the Prime Minister |
Ahmad Jan Ahmady |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice |
Sheikh Mohammad Khalid |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Disaster Management |
Mohammad Abbas Akhund |
23 November 2021 – 7 July 2024 |
Taliban |
|
Nooruddin Turabi |
7 July 2024 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Disaster Management |
Sharafuddin Taqi |
23 November 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Maulvi Enayatullah |
23 November 2021 – present |
Taliban |
||
Deputy Minister of Disaster Management |
Ghulam Ghaus |
21 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Chief of Staff |
Qari Fasihuddin |
7 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Director of the Central National Statistal Organization |
Mohammad Faqeer |
21 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Head of the Afghanistan Nuclear Energy Agency |
Engr. Najibullah |
21 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
|
Head of the Afghan passport Department |
Alam Gul Haqqani |
20 September 2021 – present |
Taliban |
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