Cabinet of Afghanistan

Cabinet of Afghanistan
Flag of Afghanistan
Overview
Established	7 September 2021 (2021-09-07) (current form) 28 February 1919 (1919-02-28) (original)
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

The Cabinet of Afghanistan (also known as the Council of Ministers) is the executive body of the government of the country, responsible for day-to-day governance and the implementation of policy set by the Leadership. In its modern form it has existed since the beginning of the reign of Emir Amanullah Khan in 1919.

The cabinet 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.

Predecessors to a cabinet

18th century

When Ahmad Shah Durrani started ruling over his empire in 1747, he had no administrative experience, nor did much of his closest advisors. As a result, he chose to adopt a government style similar to the Mughals and Safavids, with his main idea of a government based on an absolute monarchy. A tribal council ruled in hand with Ahmad Shah as well, serving as a form of cabinet. However, Ahmad Shah had made the positions of his cabinet hereditary, thus making it difficult to dismiss advisors without causing conflict. Their roles, however, were mostly purely de jure, and tasks were delegated to subordinates. ^[2]

His grandson Zaman Shah had wanted a ministry and cabinet that would be loyal to him and of his people, as a result he had replaced the old ministry of his father Timur Shah and replaced them with loyal Pashtuns devoted to himself, strengthening his position on the throne.

19th century

When Emir Abdur Rahman Khan came to power in Kabul in 1880, the central administration consisted of only ten clerks overseen by a single official. Using the military branch as a supervisory body, he established a civil administration that, in a modified form, remains in place today. He introduced institutions that were precursors to modern ministries, such as the Treasury Board, Board of Trade, Bureau of Justice and Police, Department of Public Works, Office of Posts and Communications, Department of Education, and Department of Medicine. Despite his autocratic rule, Abdur Rahman Khan created a Supreme Council, similar to a modern cabinet. ^{[3] [4]}

However, this council had no prime minister and no real power, serving only in an advisory capacity. Its members included high-ranking officials like the Lord Chamberlain ('Ishik Aghasi' or Shahghasi), the Seal Keeper, the Chief Secretary, secretaries appointed by the Amir, officers of the Royal Guard, the Treasurer of the Amir's private wealth, the Secretary of State for War, regional Secretaries of State, the Postmaster General, the Commander-in-Chief, the Master of the Horse, the Kotwal (equivalent to an Interior Minister), the Accountant General, the Chief Chamberlain, the Superintendent of the Armory, and heads of the Trade and Education Boards. ^[5]

Early 20th century

In 1914, counselors advised Emir Habibullah Khan on different political issues and had some form of authority. ^{[6] [7]} With Emir Amanullah Khan's ascension to the throne on 28 February 1919, amidst numerous political reforms, the Council of Ministers, headed by Amanullah himself, was established, creating the first well-structured cabinet in the history of Afghanistan. ^{[8] [9]}

Emirate/Kingdom (1919–1973)

Quddus/Ahmad cabinet (1919–1929)

Quddus Cabinet ^{[10] [11] [8]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Abdul Quddus Khan [12]	28 February 1919 – 25 October 1927 [13] [14] [15]
	Shir Ahmad Khan [16]	25 October 1927 – 17 January 1929 [17]
President of Assembly	did not exist until April 1924
	Shir Ahmad Khan [16]	April 1924 – December 1927
	Muhammad Yaqub	December 1927 – 17 January 1929
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Mahmud Tarzi [18]	28 February 1919 – June 1922
	Muhammad Wali Khan Darwazi [19]	June 1922 – April 1924
	Shir Ahmad Khan [16] (acting)	April – September 1924
	Mahmud Tarzi [18]	September 1924 – January 1927
	Ghulam Siddiq Khan Charkhi [20] (acting)	January – November 1927
	Muhammad Wali Khan Darwazi [19] (acting)	November 1927 – November 1928 [21]
	Ghulam Siddiq Khan Charkhi [20]	November 1928 – 17 January 1929 [21]
War	did not exist until May 1919
	Mohammad Nadir Khan [22]	May 1919 – January 1922
	Mohammad Hashim Khan [23]	January – September 1922
	Muhammad Nadir Khan [22]	September 1922 – April 1924
	Muhammad Wali Khan Darwazi [19] (acting)	April – June 1924
	Abdul Aziz Barakzai	June 1924 – 17 January 1929
Interior	did not exist until August 1919
	Ali Ahmad Khan [24]	August 1919 – June 1925
	Abdul Aziz Barakzai	June 1925 – 1928
	Abdul Ahad Wardak [25]	1928 – 17 January 1929
Justice	Muhammad Ibrahim	1919 – 1924
	Hayatullah Khan	1924 – 17 January 1929
other ministries
Commerce	did not exist until March 1919
	Ghulam Muhammad Wardak	March 1919 – April 1924
	Abdul Hadi Dawi [26]	April 1924 – 1928
	Ali Muhammad [27]	1928 – 17 Januar 1929
Education	Abdur Rahman	1919
	Habibullah Khan	1919
	Muhammad Sulaiman	?
	Hayatullah Khan	?
	Faiz Mohammad Khan Zikeria [28]	1924 – 17 January 1929
Transcriptions [29]	Haji Nizamuddin Khan	1919 – ?
Revenue	Mirza Mahmud	?
	Mir Muhammad Hashim	1922 – 17 January 1929
Health [30]	did not exist until 1923
	Mohammed Kabir Ludin [31]	1923 – 17 January 1929
Minister of State for Frontier Tribe Affairs	did not exist until March 1926
	Haji Muhammad Akbar	March 1926 – 17 January 1929

Saqqawist cabinet (1929)

Two days after King Inayatullah Khan abdicated his throne to Bacha-i-Saqao and his Saqqawist regime, the new rulers formed a cabinet, abolishing the Ministry of Trade, the General Directorate of Health, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Justice as well as other ministries. ^[32]

Saqqawist cabinet ^[33]

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation		Origin
Role
Prime Minister	unclear [34]	19 January – 13 October 1929		Saqqawist	Tajik
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Ata al-Haqq	19 January – 13 October 1929		Saqqawist	Tajik
Defense [35]	Sayyid Husayn	19 January – before 24 March 1929		Saqqawist	Tajik
	Purdil Khan	before 24 March – 13 October 1929		Saqqawist	Tajik
Interior Affairs	Abd al-Ghafur Khan	19 January – 13 October 1929		Saqqawist	Tajik
Finance	Mirza Mujtaba Khan	19 January – 13 October 1929		Saqqawist	Tajik

First Hashim cabinet (1929–1933)

Hashim Cabinet ^[36]

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Mohammad Hashim Khan [23]	9 November 1929 – 8 November 1933
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Faiz Mohammad Khan Zikeria [28]	9 November 1929 – 8 November 1933
War	Shah Mahmud Khan [37]	9 November 1929 – 8 November 1933
Interior	Mohammad Hashim Khan [23]	9 November 1929 – 1930
	Mohammad Gul Khan Momand [38]	1930 – 8 November 1933
Justice	Fazl Umar Mujaddidi	9 November 1929 – 1932
	Fazl Ahmad Mujaddidi	1932 – 8 November 1933
Finance	Muhammad Ayyub	9 November 1929 – 8 November 1933
other ministries
Commerce	Haji Muhammad Akbar	9 November 1929 – 1931
	Mirza Muhammad Yaftali	1931 – 8 November 1933
Education	Ali Muhammad [27]	9 November 1929 – 8 November 1933
Health [30]	Muhammad Akbar	9 November 1929 – 8 November 1933
Posts, Telegraph and Telephone [30]	did not exist until 1932
	Rahimullah	1932 – 8 November 1933

Second Hashim cabinet (1933–1946)

Hashim Cabinet ^[39]

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Mohammad Hashim Khan [23]	8 November 1933 – 9 May 1946
First Deputy Prime Minister	did not exist until 1938
	Abdur Rahim Khan [40]	1938 – 1940
	Muhammad Naim	1940 – 9 May 1946
Second Deputy Prime Minister	did not exist until 1940
	Abdur Rahim Khan [40]	1940 – 9 May 1946
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Faiz Mohammad Khan Zikeria [28]	8 November 1933 – 1939
	Ali Muhammad [27]	1939 – 9 May 1946
War	Shah Mahmud Khan [37]	8 November 1933 – 9 May 1946
Interior	Mohammad Gul Khan Momand [38]	8 November 1933 – 1939
	Ghulam Faruq Usman [41]	1939 – 1942
	Muhammad Nauruz	1942 – 1945
	Ghulam Faruq Usman [41]	1945 – 9 May 1946
Justice	Fazl Ahmad Mujaddidi	8 November 1933 – 1935
	Aminullah Khan	1935 – 1945
	Mir Ata Muhammad Husaini	1945 – 9 May 1946
Finance	Mirza Muhammad Yaftali	8 November 1933 – 1945
	Muhammad Nauruz	1945 – 9 May 1946
other ministries
National Economy/Commerce	Mirza Muhammad Yaftali (Commerce)	8 November 1933 – 1938
	Abdul Majid Zabuli [42] (National Economy)	1938 – 9 May 1946
Education	Ahmad Ali Sulaiman	8 November 1933 – 1938
	Muhammad Naim	1938 – 9 May 1946
Public Works	Allah Nawaz	8 November 1933 – 1934
	Abdur Rahim Khan [40]	1934 – 1938
	Abdul Hussain Aziz	1938 – 1941
	Rahimullah Khan	1941 – 1942
	Mohammed Kabir Ludin [31]	1942 – 9 May 1946
Health	Muhammad Akbar	8 November 1933 – 1934
	Ghulam Yahya Tarzi [43]	1934 – 1939
	vacant (First Deputy: Zulfiqar Khan)	1939 – 1945
	Sultan Ahmad	1945 – 9 May 1946
Posts, Telegraph and Telephone [30] [44]	Rahimullah [45]	8 November 1933 – 1939
	Abdul Hussain Aziz	1939 – 1942
	vacant (First Deputy: Muhammad Hussain Daftari)	1942 – 1945
	Ghulam Yahya Tarzi [43]	1945 – 9 May 1946
Mines	did not exist until 1937
	Muhammad Karim	1937 – 1939
	Rahimullah Khan	1939 – 1945
	Ghulam Muhammad Sherzad [46]	1945 – 9 May 1946
Agriculture [44]	did not exist until 1937
	Mir Muhammad Yusuf Khan	1937 – 9 May 1946
Press [44]	did not exist until 1939
	Salahuddin Saljuqi	1939 – 9 May 1946

Lewana cabinet (c. 1944–1946)

During the Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947, the rebelling Safi tribe established a rival government in the Eastern Province with its own cabinet under king Salemai. The offices were described by Amanul Mulk in 1983 in an interview published by David B. Edwards (2017). ^[47] Because these offices are preserved by oral history, specific term dates are unavailable. The Safi revolt itself lasted from c. 1944 – c. 1946.

Lewana Cabinet ^[47]

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Amanat Lewana	c. 1944 – c. 1946
Key ministries
Defense	Amanul Mulk
"Minister"	Shahswar

First Mahmud cabinet (1946–1950)

Mahmud Cabinet ^{[36] [48]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Shah Mahmud Khan [37]	9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950
First Deputy Prime Minister	Muhammad Naim	9 May 1946 – 1948
	Asadullah Seraj [49]	1948 – 1949
	Ali Muhammad [27]	1949 – 14 October 1950
Second Deputy Prime Minister	Abdur Rahim Khan [40]	9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Ali Muhammad [27]	9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950
War/Defense	Mohammad Daoud Khan [50]	9 May 1946 – 1948 [51]
	Muhammad Umar [52]	1948 – 14 October 1950
Interior	Ghulam Faruq Usman [41]	9 May 1946 – 1948
	Asadullah Seraj [49]	1948 – 1949
	Mohammad Daoud Khan [50]	1949 – 14 October 1950
Justice	Mir Ata Muhammad Husaini	9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950
Finance	Mir Muhammad Haidar Husaini [53]	9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950
other ministries
National Economy	Abdul Majid Zabuli [42]	9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950
Education	Najibullah Torwayana [54]	9 May 1946 – 1949
	Abdul Hussain Aziz	1949 – 14 October 1950
Public Works	Mohammed Kabir Ludin [31]	9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950
Health	Ahmad Ali Sulaiman	9 May 1946 – 1947
	Abdul Majid [55]	1947 – 14 October 1950
Information	Abdullah Malikyar	9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950 [56]
Mines	Ghulam Muhammad Sherzad [46]	9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950
Agriculture	Muhammad Atiq Rafiq	9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950 [57]
Press [44]	Sayyid Qasim Rishtiya [58]	9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950 [59]

Second Mahmud cabinet (1950–1953)

Mahmud Cabinet ^{[36] [60]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Shah Mahmud Khan [37]	14 October 1950 – 7 September 1953
	vacant [61]	7 – 20 September 1953
First Deputy Prime Minister	Ali Muhammad [27]	14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953
Second Deputy Prime Minister	Abdur Rahim Khan [40]	14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Ali Muhammad [27]	14 October 1950 – 18 March 1953 [62]
	Sultan Ahmad Khan Sherzoy [63]	18 March – 20 September 1953 [64]
Defense	Mohammad Daoud Khan	14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953 [65] [66]
Interior	Abdul Ahad Malikyar [67]	14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953 [68]
Justice	Mir Sayyid Muhammad Qasim [69]	14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953
Finance	Muhammad Nauruz	14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953 [70] [71]
other ministries
National Economy	Mir Muhammad Haidar Husaini [53]	14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953 [72]
Education	Abdul Majid [55]	14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953 [73]
Public Works	Muhammad Akram Parwanta [74]	14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953 [75]
Public Health	Ghulam Faruq [76]	14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953
Post and Telegraph/ Communications	Ghulam Muhammad Sherzad [46]	14 October 1950 – 1951
	Ghulam Yahya Tarzi [43]	1951 – 1952
	Ghulam Muhammad Sherzad [46]	1952 – 20 September 1953
Mines	Muhammad Naim Ziai	14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953
Agriculture	Amiruddin Shansab	14 October 1950 – 1951
	Muhammad Zaman Taraki	1951 – 20 September 1953
Press & Information [44]	Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal [77]	14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953
Tribal Affairs [44]	Sayyid Shamsuddin Majruh [78]	14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953 [79]

First Daoud cabinet (1953–1963)

Daoud Cabinet ^{[36] [80] [81]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Mohammad Daoud Khan [50]	20 September 1953 – 10 March 1963
	vacant [82]	10 – 14 March 1963
First Deputy Prime Minister	Ali Muhammad [27]	20 September 1953 – 14 March 1963
Second Deputy Prime Minister	Muhammad Naim	20 September 1953 – 14 March 1963
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Muhammad Naim	20 September 1953 – 14 March 1963
Defense	Mohammad Aref Khan [83]	20 September 1953 – 6 December 1955 [84]
	vacant	6 December 1955 – 1958 [85]
	Mohammad Daoud Khan [50]	1958 – 14 March 1963
Interior	Abdul Ahad Malikyar [67]	20 September 1953 – 24 January 1956 [86]
	Abdul Hakim Shah Alami [87]	24 January 1956 – 1958 [88]
	Sayyid Abdullah	1958 – 14 March 1963
Justice	Mir Sayyid Muhammad Qasim [69]	20 September 1953 – 24 January 1956 [89]
	Sayyid Abdullah (acting)	24 January 1956 – 14 March 1963 [90]
Finance	Abdul Malik Abdul-Rahim-Zai [91] (acting)	20 September 1953 – 1957 [71]
	Abdullah Malikyar	1957 – 14 March 1963
other ministries
National Economy	Abdul Rauf Haidar [92]	20 September 1953 – 1954
	Abdul Malik Abdul-Rahim-Zai [91] (acting)	1954 – 1956
	Abdullah Malikyar	1956 – 1957
	Ghulam Muhammad Sherzad [46]	1957 – 14 March 1963
Education	Abdul Majid [55]	20 September 1953 – 1957
	Ali Ahmad Popal [93]	1957 – 14 March 1963
Public Works	Abdul Hakim Shah Alami [87]	20 September 1953 – 1955
	Mohammed Kabir Ludin [31]	1955 – 14 March 1963
Health	Ghulam Faruq [76]	20 September 1953 – 24 January 1956 [94]
	Abdul Zahir [95] (acting)	24 January 1956 – 14 March 1963 [96]
Post and Telegraph/ Communications	Abdul Hakim Shah Alami [87]	20 September 1953 – 1954
	Muhammad Murid	1954 – 14 March 1963
Mines	Mohammad Yusuf [97]	20 September 1953 – 14 March 1963
Agriculture	Mir Muhammad Yusuf	20 September 1953 – 1958
	Ghulam Haidar Adalat	1958 – 1962
	Muhammad Nasir Keshawarz [98]	1962 – 14 March 1963
Press [44]	Salahuddin Saljuqi	20 September 1953 – 1955
	Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal [77]	1955 – 1956
	Abdul Satar Shalizi [99] (acting)	1956 – 1958
	Sayyid Qasim Rishtiya [58]	1958 – 1960
	Muhammad Asef Suhail [100]	1960 – 14 March 1963
Tribal Affairs [44]	Sayyid Shamsuddin Majruh [78]	20 September 1953 – 14 March 1963
Planning	did not exist until 1957
	Mohammad Daoud Khan [50]	1957 – 14 March 1963

Interim Yusuf cabinet (1963–1965)

Yusuf Cabinet ^{[101] [102] [103] [104]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Mohammad Yusuf [97]	14 March 1963 – 29 October 1965
	vacant [105]	29 October – 2 November 1965
(First) Deputy Prime Minister	Abdullah Malikyar (First Deputy)	14 March 1963 – 7 July 1964
	vacant	7 July – 30 September 1964
	Abdul Zahir [95] (Deputy)	30 September 1964 – 25 October 1965
	Sayyid Shamsuddin Majruh [78] (Deputy)	25 October – 2 November 1965 [106]
Second Deputy Prime Minister	Ali Ahmad Popal [93]	14 March 1963 – 7 July 1964
	position was discarded on 7 July 1964
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Mohammad Yusuf [97]	14 March 1963 – 2 November 1965 [106]
National Defense	Khan Mohammad Khan [107]	14 March 1963 – 2 November 1965 [106]
Interior	Sayyid Abdullah	14 March – 23 May 1963
	Abdul Kayeum [108]	23 May 1963 – 25 October 1965
	Mohammad Husain Messa [109]	25 October – 2 November 1965 [106]
Justice	Sayyid Shamsuddin Majruh [78]	14 March 1963 – 25 October 1965
	vacant	25 October – 2 November 1965 [106]
Finance	Abdullah Malikyar	14 March 1963 – 7 July 1964
	Sayyid Qasim Rishtiya [58]	7 July 1964 – 25 October 1965
	Abdullah Yaftali [110]	25 October – 2 November 1965 [106]
other ministries
Commerce	vacant	14 March – 20 October 1963
	Mohammad Sawar Omar [111]	20 October 1963 – 2 November 1965
	Nour Ali [112]	25 October – 2 November 1965 [106]
Education	Ali Ahmad Popal [93]	14 March 1963 – 7 July 1964
	Mohammad Anas [113]	7 July 1964 – 2 November 1965 [106]
Public Works	Mohammad Azim [114]	14 March 1963 – 2 November 1965
	Ghulam Dastagir Azizi	25 October – 2 November 1965 [106]
Public Health	Abdur Rahim [115]	14 March 1963 – 30 September 1964
	Abdul Zahir [95]	30 September 1964 – 2 November 1965
	Abdul Majid [55]	25 October – 2 November 1965 [106]
Communications	Abdul Kayeum [108]	14 March – 12 November 1963
	Mohammad Haider [116]	12 November 1963 – 2 November 1965 [106]
Mines and Industries	Mohammad Yusuf [97]	14 March – 12 November 1963
	Mohammad Husain Messa [109]	12 November 1963 – 25 October 1965
	vacant	25 October – 2 November 1965 [106]
Agriculture	Mohammad Nasir Keshawarz [117]	14 March 1963 – 25 October 1965
	Mir Mohammad Akbar Reza [118]	25 October – 2 November 1965 [106]
Press and Information	Sayyid Qasim Rishtiya [58]	14 March 1963 – 19 December 1964
	Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal [77]	19 December 1964 – 2 November 1965 [106]
Tribal Affairs [44]	Sayyid Shamsuddin Majruh [78]	14 March – 25 April 1963 [119]
	Gul Pacha Ulfat	25 April 1963 – 25 October 1965
	vacant	25 October – 2 November 1965 [106]
Planning	Abdul Hai Aziz	14 March – 20 October 1963
	Abdullah Yaftali [110]	20 October 1963 – 25 October 1965
	Abdul Samad Hamed [120]	25 October – 2 November 1965 [106]

Maiwandwal cabinet (1965–1967)

Maiwandwal Cabinet ^{[121] [122]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal [77]	2 November 1965 – 11 October 1967
	Abdullah Yaftali [110] (acting) [123]	11 October – 15 November 1967
First Deputy Prime Minister	vacant	2 November 1965 – 20 June 1966
	Nur Ahmad Etemadi	20 June 1966 – 15 November 1967
Second Deputy Prime Minister	vacant	2 November 1965 – 20 June 1966
	Abdul Satar Shalizi [99]	20 June 1966 – 15 November 1967
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Nur Ahmad Etemadi	2 November 1965 – 15 November 1967
National Defense	Khan Mohammad Khan [107]	2 November 1965 – 15 November 1967
Interior	Abdul Satar Shalizi [99]	2 November 1965 – 26 January 1967
	Ahmadullah [124]	26 January – 15 November 1967 [125]
Justice	Abdul Hakim Tabibi [126]	2 November 1965 – 17 August 1966
	Mohammad Haider [116]	17 August 1966 – 27 July 1967
	Mohammad Ehsan Taraki [127]	17 July – 15 November 1967
Finance	Abdullah Yaftali [110]	2 November 1965 – 26 January 1967
	Abdul Karim Hakimi	26 January – 15 November 1967
other ministries
Commerce	Nour Ali [112]	2 November 1965 – 15 November 1967
Education	Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal [77]	2 November – 1 December 1965
	Mohammad Osman Anwari [128]	1 December 1965 – 15 November 1967
Public Works	Ahmadullah [124]	2 November 1965 – 26 January 1967
	Mohammad Husain Messa [109]	26 January – 15 November 1967
Public Health	Mohammad Osman Anwari [128]	2 November – 1 December 1965
	Kubra Noorzai [129]	1 December 1965 – 15 November 1967
Communications	Mohammad Haider [116]	2 November 1965 – 17 August 1966 [130]
	Abdul Karim Hakimi	17 August 1966 – 26 January 1967
	Mohammad Azim Gran [131] (acting)	26 January – 15 November 1967
Mines and Industries	Abdul Samad Salim [132]	2 November 1965 – 15 November 1967
Agriculture	Mir Mohammad Akbar Reza [118]	2 November 1965 – 15 November 1967
Press and Information/ Information and Culture	Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal [77] (Press and Information)	2 November – 1 December 1965
	Mohammad Osman Sidqi [133] (Press and Information)	1 December 1965 – 13 June 1967
	Abdul Rauf Benawa (Information and Culture)	13 June – 15 November 1967
Tribal Affairs [44]	vacant	2 November – 1 December 1965
	Mohammed Khalid Roashan [134]	1 December 1965 – 15 November 1967
Planning	vacant	2 November – 1 December 1965
	Abdul Hakim Ziayee [135]	1 December 1965 – 27 July 1967
	Abdullah Yaftali [110]	27 July – 15 November 1967
Minister without portfolio	Abdullah Yaftali [110]	26 January – 27 July 1967
	Mohammad Anas [113]	27 July – 15 November 1967
Secretary of the Council of Ministers	Abdul Ghafoor Ravan Farhadi [136]	2 November 1965 – 15 November 1967

First Etemadi cabinet (1967–1969)

Etemadi Cabinet ^{[121] [137] [138] [139]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Nur Ahmad Etemadi	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969
First Deputy Prime Minister	Ali Ahmad Popal [93]	15 November 1967 – 28 June 1969
	vacant	28 June – 2 December 1969
Second Deputy Prime Minister	Abdullah Yaftali [110]	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Nur Ahmad Etemadi	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969
National Defense	Khan Mohammad Khan [107]	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969
Interior	Mohammad Omar Wardak [140]	15 November 1967 – 23 June 1969
	Mohammad Bashir Lodin [141] (acting)	23 June – 2 December 1969
Justice	Mohammad Asghar [142]	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969
Finance	Mohammad Anwar Ziayee [143]	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969
other ministries
Commerce	Nour Ali [112]	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969
Education	Ali Ahmad Popal [93]	15 November 1967 – 19 November 1968
	vacant	19 November 1968 – 3 March 1969
	Mohammad Akram [144]	3 March – 2 December 1969
Public Works	Mohammad Husain Messa [109]	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969
Public Health	Kubra Noorzai [129]	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969
Communications	Mohammad Azim Gran [131]	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969
Mines and Industries	Abdul Samad Salim [132]	15 November 1967 – Summer 1968
	Mohammad Husain Messa [109]	Summer 1968 – 2 December 1969
Agriculture and Irrigation	Mir Mohammad Akbar Reza [118]	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969
Information and Culture	Mohammad Anas [113]	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969
Tribal Affairs [44]	Sayyid Masood Pohanyar [145]	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969
Planning	Abdul Samad Hamed [120]	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969
Minister without portfolio	Abdul Wahid Sorabi [146]	15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969

Second Etemadi cabinet (1969–1971)

Etemadi Cabinet ^{[121] [139]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Nur Ahmad Etemadi	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971 [147] [148]
First Deputy Prime Minister	Abdullah Yaftali [110]	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Second Deputy Prime Minister	Abdul Kayeum [108]	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Nur Ahmad Etemadi	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
National Defense	Khan Mohammad Khan [107]	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Interior	Mohammad Bashir Lodin [141]	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Justice	Abdul Satar Sirat [149]	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Finance	Mohammad Aman [150]	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
other ministries
Commerce	Mohammad Akbar Omar	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Education	Abdul Kayeum [108]	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Public Works	Mohammad Yaqub Lali [151]	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Public Health	Ibrahim Majid Seraj [152]	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Communications	Mohammad Azim Gran [131]	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Mines and Industries	Amanullah Mansoori	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Agriculture and Irrigation	Abdul Hakim	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Information and Culture	Mahmoud Habibi [153]	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Tribal Affairs [44]	Sayyid Masood Pohanyar [145]	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Planning	Abdul Wahid Sorabi [146]	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
Minister without portfolio	Shafiqa Ziayee	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971
	Ghulam Ali Ayeen	2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971

Zahir cabinet (1971–1972)

Zahir Cabinet ^{[121] [154] [155] [156]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Abdul Zahir [95]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 [157]
Deputy Prime Minister	Abdul Samad Hamed [120]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Mohammad Musa Shafiq [158]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
National Defense	Khan Mohammad Khan [107]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
Interior	Amanullah Mansoori [159]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
Justice	Mohammad Anwar Arghandiwal [160]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
Finance	Ghulam Haidar Dawar [161]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
other ministries
Commerce	Mohammad Aref Ghausi [162]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
Education	Hamidullah Enayat Seraj	26 July 1971 – 12 April 1972 [163]
	Mohammad Yasin Azim [164] (acting)	12 April – 12 December 1972 [165]
Public Works	Khwazak Zalmai [166]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
Public Health	Ibrahim Majid Seraj [152]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
Communications	Nasratullah Malikyar [167]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
Mines and Industries	Mohammad Yaqub Lali [151]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
Agriculture and Irrigation	Abdul Hakim	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
Information and Culture	Mohammad Ibrahim Abbasi [168]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972 [169]
Tribal Affairs [44]	Abdul Samad Hamed [120] (temporarily)	26 July 1971 – 15 April 1972
	Mohammad Ayub Aziz	15 April – 12 December 1972 [170]
Planning	Abdul Wahid Sorabi [146]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
Minister without portfolio	Shafiqa Ziayee	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
	Abdul Wakil [171] [172]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972
	Abdul Satar Sirat [149]	26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972

Shafiq cabinet (1972–1973)

Shafiq Cabinet ^{[173] [174] [155]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Mohammad Musa Shafiq [158]	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 [175]
Deputy Prime Minister	vacant	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Mohammad Musa Shafiq [158]	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
National Defense	Khan Mohammad Khan [107]	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
Interior	Nematullah Pazhwak [176]	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
Justice	Samiuddin Zhwand [177] [178] (caretaker)	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
Finance	Mohammad Khan Jalalar [179]	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
other ministries
Commerce	Ali Nawaz [180] [178] (caretaker)	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
Education	Mohammad Yasin Azim [164]	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973 [181]
Public Works	Khwazak Zalmai [166]	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
Public Health	Muhammad Akhtar Khoshbin [182] [178] (caretaker)	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
Communications	Nasratullah Malikyar [167]	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
Mines and Industries	Ghulam Dastagir Azizi [183]	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
Agriculture and Irrigation	Abdul Wakil [171]	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
Information and Culture	Sabahuddin Kushkaki [184]	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
Tribal Affairs [44]	Mohammad Gulab Nangarhari [185] (caretaker)	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
Planning	Abdul Wahid Sorabi [146]	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973
Minister without portfolio	vacant	12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973

Republic (1973–1978)

Second Daoud cabinet (1973–1975)

Daoud Cabinet ^{[186] [187] [188]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
President and Prime Minister [189]	Mohammad Daoud Khan [50]	17 July 1973 – 28 September 1975 [190]
Deputy Prime Minister	Mohammad Hasan Sharq [191]	2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Mohammad Daoud Khan [50]	2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975
National Defense	Mohammad Daoud Khan [50]	2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975
Interior	Faiz Mohammed [192]	2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975
Justice	Abdul Majid [55]	2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975
Finance	Sayyid Abdulillah [193]	2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975
other ministries
Commerce	Mohammad Khan Jalalar [179]	2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975 [194]
Education	Nematullah Pazhwak [176]	2 August 1973 – 19 December 1974 [195]
	Abdul Kayeum [108]	19 December 1974 – 28 September 1975 [195]
Public Works	Ghausuddin Fayeq [196]	2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975
Public Health	Nazar Mohammad Sekandar [197]	2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975
Communications	Abdul Hamid Mohtat [198]	2 August 1973 – 22 April 1974 [199]
	Azizullah Zayer [200] (acting) [201]	22 April 1974 – 28 September 1975
Mines and Industries	Abdul Kayeum [108]	2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975
Agriculture and Irrigation	Ghulam Jilani Bakhtari [202]	2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975
Information and Culture	Abdul Rahim Nevin [203]	2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975
Frontier Affairs	Pacha Gul Wafadar [204]	2 August 1973 – 24 March 1974
	vacant	24 March 1974 – 28 September 1975
Planning	Ali Ahmad Khurram [205]	2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975 [206]

Third Daoud cabinet (1975–1977)

Daoud Cabinet ^{[186] [187]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
President and Prime Minister [189]	Mohammad Daoud Khan [50]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977 [207] [208]
(First) Deputy Prime Minister	Mohammad Hasan Sharq [191]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
Second Deputy Prime Minister [209]	Sayyid Abdulillah [193]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Mohammad Daoud Khan [50]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
National Defense	Mohammad Daoud Khan [50]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
Interior	Abdul Qadir Nuristani [210]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
Justice	Abdul Majid [55]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
Finance	Sayyid Abdulillah [193]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
other ministries
Commerce	Mohammad Khan Jalalar [179]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
Education	Abdul Kayeum [108]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
Public Works	Ghausuddin Fayeq [196]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
Public Health	Nazar Mohammad Sekandar [197]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
Communications	Abdul Karim Atayi	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
Mines and Industries	Abdul Tawab Asefi	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
Agriculture and Irrigation	Azizullah Wasefi	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
Information and Culture	Abdul Rahim Nevin [203]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
Frontier Affairs	Faiz Mohammed [192]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977
Planning	Ali Ahmad Khurram [205]	28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977

Fourth Daoud cabinet (1977–1978)

Daoud Cabinet ^[211]

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
President and Prime Minister [189]	Mohammad Daoud Khan [50]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Deputy Prime Minister	Mohammad Hasan Sharq [191]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Mohammad Daoud Khan [50]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
National Defense	Ghulam Haidar Rasuli [212]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Interior	Abdul Qadir Nuristani [210]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Justice	Wafiullah Samyee [213]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Finance	Sayyid Abdulillah [193]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
other ministries
Commerce	Mohammad Khan Jalalar [179]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Education	Ibrahim Majid Seraj [152]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Higher Education	Ghulam Siddiq Muhibbi [214]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Public Works	Ghausuddin Fayeq [196]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Public Health	Abdullah Omar [215]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Communications	Abdul Karim Atayi [216]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Mines and Industries	Abdul Tawab Asefi [217]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Agriculture and Irrigation	Azizullah Wasefi [218]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Water and Energy	Juma Muhammad Muhammadi [219]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Information and Culture	Abdul Rahim Nevin [203]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Border Affairs	Abdul Kayeum [108]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978
Planning	Ali Ahmad Khurram [205]	19 March – 16 November 1977
	Abdul Aziz Ferough [220] (acting) [221]	16 November 1977 – 28 April 1978
Minister without portfolio and Minister of State	Abdul Majid [55]	19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978

Democratic Republic / Second Republic (1978–1992)

Taraki Council of Ministers (1978–1979)

Taraki Council of Ministers ^{[222] [223]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Nur Muhammad Taraki	30 April 1978 – 27 March 1979
	Hafizullah Amin	27 – 31 March 1979
Deputy Prime Minister	Babrak Karmal	30 April – 5 July 1978
Deputy Prime Minister	Hafizullah Amin	30 April 1978 – 27 March 1979
Deputy Prime Minister	Mohammad Aslam Watanjar [224]	30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Hafizullah Amin	30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979
National Defense	Abdul Qadir [225]	30 April – 17 August 1978
	Nur Ahmad Taraki	17 August 1978 – 31 March 1979
Interior	Nur Ahmed Nur [226]	30 April – 5 July 1978
Justice	Abdul Hakim Sharayee Jauzjani [227]	30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979
Finance	Abdul Karim Misaq [228]	30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979
other ministries
Commerce	Abdul Quddus Ghorbandi	30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979
Education	Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri [229]	30 April – 28 August 1978
	Abdul Rashid Jalili	28 August 1978 – 31 March 1979
Higher Education	Mahmud Suma [230]	30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979
Public Works	Mohammed Rafie [231]	30 April – 23 August 1978
	vacant	23 – 28 August 1978
	Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri [229]	28 August 1978 – 31 March 1979
Public Health	Akbar Shah Wali [232]	30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979
Communications	Mohammad Aslam Watanjar [224]	30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979
Mines and Industries	Mohammad Ismail Danish [233] [234]	30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979
Agriculture	Saleh Mohammad Zeary [235]	30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979
Water and Power	Mohammad Mansur Hashemi [236]	30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979
Information and Culture	Mohammed Hassan Bareq Shafiee [237]	30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979
Radio and Television	Sulaiman Layeq [238]	30 April – 29 November 1978 [239]
	was merged with the Ministry of Information and Culture on 29 November 1978 [239]
Frontier Affairs	Nizamuddin Tahzib [240]	30 April – 28 August 1978
	Sahibjan Sahrayi	28 August 1978 – 31 March 1979
Planning	Sultan Ali Keshtmand	30 April – 23 August 1978
	Muhammad Sediq Alemyar [241]	23 August 1978 – 31 March 1979
Social	Anahita Ratebzad [242]	30 April – 12 July 1978 [243]
	was discarded on 12 July 1978 [243]

Amin Council of Ministers (1979)

Amin Council of Ministers ^{[244] [245] [246] [247]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
First Minister	Hafizullah Amin	31 March – 27 December 1979
Deputy First Minister	Akbar Shah Wali [232]	31 March – 27 December 1979
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Hafizullah Amin	31 March – 28 July 1979
	Akbar Shah Wali [232]	28 July – 27 December 1979 [248]
Defense	Mohammad Aslam Watanjar [224]	31 March – 28 July 1979
	Hafizullah Amin (caretaker) [249]	28 July – 27 December 1979
Interior	Sherjan Mazdooryar [250]	31 March – 28 July 1979
	Mohammad Aslam Watanjar [224]	28 July – 14 September 1979
	Faqir Mohammad Faqir [251]	14 September – 27 December 1979
Justice	Abdul Hakim Sharayee Jauzjani [227]	31 March – 27 December 1979
Finance	Abdul Karim Misaq [228]	31 March – 27 December 1979
other ministries
Commerce	Abdul Quddus Ghorbandi	31 March – 27 December 1979
Education	Abdul Rashid Jalili	31 March – 28 July 1979
	Muhammad Salim Masudi	28 July – 27 December 1979
Higher Education	Mahmud Suma [230]	31 March – 27 December 1979
Public Works	Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri [229]	31 March – 27 December 1979
Public Health	Akbar Shah Wali [232]	31 March – 28 July 1979
	Saleh Mohammad Zeary [235]	28 July – 27 December 1979
Communications [252]	Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy [253]	31 March – 14 September 1979
	Mohammad Zarif [254]	14 September – 27 December 1979 [255] [256]
Mines and Industries	Mohammad Ismail Danish [233]	31 March – 27 December 1979
Agriculture and Land Reforms	Saleh Mohammad Zeary [235]	31 March – 28 July 1979
	Abdul Rashid Jalili	28 July – 27 December 1979
Water and Power	Mohammad Mansur Hashemi [236]	31 March – 27 December 1979
Information and Culture	Mohammad Katawazi [257]	31 March – 27 December 1979
Frontier Affairs	Sahib Jan Sahraee [258]	31 March – 28 July 1979
	Sherjan Mazdooryar [250]	28 July – 14 September 1979
	Sahib Jan Sahraee [258]	14 September – 27 December 1979
Planning Affairs	Muhammad Sediq Alemyar [241]	31 March – 27 December 1979
Transport	Mohammed Hassan Bareq Shafiee [237]	31 March – 27 December 1979
Minister without portfolio	did not exist until 28 July 1979 [249]
	Sahib Jan Sahraee [258]	28 July – 14 September 1979
	was dissolved on 14 September 1979 [256]

Karmal Council of Ministers (1979–1981)

Karmal Council of Ministers ^{[259] [260] [261] [262] [263] [264] [265]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Prime Minister	Babrak Karmal	27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981
Deputy Prime Minister	Assadullah Sarwari	27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981
Deputy Prime Minister	Sultan Ali Keshtmand [266]	27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981
Deputy Prime Minister	Abdul Rashid Arian [267]	16 August 1980 – 11 June 1981
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Shah Mohammad Dost	27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981
Defense	Mohammed Rafie [231]	27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981
Interior	Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy [253]	27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981
Justice	vacant	27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980
	Abdul Rashid Arian [267]	10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981
Finance	Abdul Wakil [171]	27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981
other ministries
Commerce	Mohammad Khan Jalalar [179]	27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981
Education	Anahita Ratebzad [242]	27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981
Higher Education	vacant	27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980
	Gul Dad [268]	10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981
Public Works	vacant	27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980
	Nazar Mohammad [269]	10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981
Public Health	vacant	27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980
	Mohammad Ibrahim Azim [270]	10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981
Communications	vacant	27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980
	Mohammad Aslam Watanjar [224]	10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981
Mines and Industries	vacant	27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980
	Mohammad Ismail Danish [233]	10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981
Agriculture and Land Reforms	vacant	27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980
	Fazl Rahim Mohmand [271]	10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981
Water and Power	vacant	27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980
	Raz Mohammad Paktin [272]	10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981
Information and Culture	vacant	27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980
	Abdul Majid Sarbuland [273]	10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981
Border Affairs	Faiz Mohammed [192]	27 December 1979 – 11 September 1980
	unknown	11 September 1980 – 11 June 1981
Planning Affairs	Sultan Ali Keshtmand [266]	27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981
Transport	Sherjan Mazdooryar [250]	27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981

First Keshtmand Council of Ministers (1981–1988)

Keshtmand Council of Ministers ^{[274] [275] [276] [277]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Chairman of the Council of Ministers	Sultan Ali Keshtmand [266]	11 June 1981 – 26 May 1988
	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	26 May – 16 June 1988
First Deputy Chairman	did not exist until 4 December 1986
	Nazar Mohammad [269] [278]	4 December 1986 – 16 June 1988 [279] [280]
Deputy Chairman	Gul Dad [268]	11 June 1981 – November 1986; [281] before 7 July 1987 – 16 June 1988 [282]
Deputy Chairman	Abdul Majid Sarbuland [273]	11 June 1981 – September 1986 [283]
Deputy Chairman	Khalil Ahmad Abawi	1 April 1982 – 18 October 1983 [284]
Deputy Chairman	Abdul Rashid Arian [267]	before 13 October 1982 – 16 June 1988 [285]
Deputy Chairman	Mohammed Rafie [231]	25 September 1982 – after 15 September 1986 [286] [287]
Deputy Chairman	Sarwar Mangal [288]	18 October 1983 – after 10 January 1986 [289] [290] [287]
Deputy Chairman	Sayed Mohammad Nasim Mayhanparast [291]	30 November 1985 – 16 June 1988 [292]
Deputy Chairman	Sayed Amanuddin Amin [293]	26 December 1985 – 16 June 1988 [294] [295]
Deputy Chairman	Mohammad Aziz [296]	before 15 September 1986 – 16 June 1988
Deputy Chairman	Mohammad Hakim [297]	before 8 January 1987 – 16 June 1988
Deputy Chairman	Abdul Hamid Mohtat	June 1987 – 16 June 1988
Deputy Chairman	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	June 1987 – 26 May 1988 [298]
Deputy Chairman	Mahbubullah Koshani	before 2 November 1987 – 16 June 1988
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Shah Mohammad Dost	11 June 1981 – 4 December 1986 [279]
	Abdul Wakil [171]	4 December 1986 – 16 June 1988 [279] [280]
Defense	Mohammed Rafie [231]	11 June 1981 – January 1982 [299]
	Abdul Qadir [225]	January 1982 – 4 December 1984 [299]
	Nazar Mohammad [269]	4 December 1984 – 4 December 1986 [300]
	Mohammed Rafie [231]	4 December 1986 – 16 June 1988 [280] [279]
Interior	Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy [253]	11 June 1981 – 16 June 1988
State Security	did not exist until 4 May 1986
	Ghulam Faruq Yaqubi [301]	4 May 1986 – 16 June 1988 [302]
Justice	Abdul Wahab Safi [303]	11 June 1981 – 18 October 1983 [289]
	Muhammad Bashir Baghlani [304]	18 October 1983 – 16 June 1988 [305]
Finance	Abdul Wakil [171]	11 June 1981 – July 1984
	Mohammad Kabir	July 1984 – 16 June 1988 [306]
other ministries
Commerce	Mohammad Khan Jalalar [179]	11 June 1981 – 16 June 1988
Light Industries and Foodstuffs	was founded between 16 March and 12 April 1984
	Mohammad Aziz [296]	before 12 April 1984 – after 10 January 1986
	Lemar Ahmad Lemar [307]	June 1986 – before 4 January 1988 [308] [309]
	Najibullah Masir	before 4 January – 16 June 1988
Domestic Trade	was not established before 2 November 1987
	vacant	before 2 November 1987 – 16 June 1988
Foreign Trade	was not established before 2 November 1987
	vacant	before 2 November 1987 – 16 June 1988
Education	Faqir Mohammad Yaqubi [310]	11 June 1981 – 7 April 1983
	Abdul Samad Qayumi [311]	7 April 1983 – 16 June 1988 [312]
Higher and Vocational Education/ Higher Education	Gul Dad [268]	11 June 1981 – 12 September 1982 [313]
	Sarwar Mangal [288]	12 September 1982 – 18 October 1983 [289] [314]
	Burhanuddin Ghiasi [315]	18 October 1983 – before 4 January 1988 [305]
	Abdul Wahid Sorabi [146]	before 4 January – 16 June 1988
Vocational Education	split up from the Ministry of Higher and Vocational Education before 2 November 1987
	vacant	before 2 November 1987 – before 4 January 1988
	Mohammad Israel Rasi	before 4 January – 16 June 1988
Public Works [316]	Nazar Mohammad [269] [278]	11 June 1981 – 16 June 1988
Public Health	Mohammad Ibrahim Azim [270]	11 June 1981 – May 1982 [317]
	Ghulam Nabi Kamyar [318]	May 1982 – March 1987 [319] [320]
	Sher Bahadur [321]	March 1987 – 16 June 1988 [319]
Communications	Mohammad Aslam Watanjar [224]	11 June 1981 – 16 June 1988
Mines and Industries	Mohammad Ismail Danish [233]	11 June 1981 – before 17 July 1985
	Najibullah Masir	before 17 July 1985 – 30 October 1987
	Mohammad Ishaq Kawa [322]	30 October 1987 – 16 June 1988 [323]
Agriculture and Land Reforms	Fazl Rahim Mohmand [271]	11 June 1981 – 28 August 1982
	Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal [324]	28 August 1982 – before 7 July 1987
	Ghulam Faruq Kobakiwal	before 7 July 1987 – 16 June 1988
Irrigation	was founded between 12 May and 15 July 1982
	Ahmad Shah Sorkhabi [325]	before 15 July 1982 – 16 June 1988 [326]
Water and Power [327]	Raz Mohammad Paktin [272]	11 June 1981 – 16 June 1988
Information and Culture	Abdul Majid Sarbuland [273]	11 June 1981 – 12 September 1982
	was dissolved on 12 September 1982
Tribes and Nationalities/ Tribal and Border Affairs	Sulaiman Layeq [238]	11 June 1981 – 16 June 1988
Nationalities	split up from the Ministry of Tribes and Nationalities on 29 October 1987 [323]
	vacant	29 October 1987 – before 4 January 1988
	Mohammad Akbar Shormach [328]	before 4 January – 16 June 1988
Returnees Affairs	did not exist before June 1987
	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	June 1987 – 16 June 1988
Planning Affairs	Sultan Ali Keshtmand [266]	11 June 1981 – 18 October 1983 [329]
	Sarwar Mangal [288]	18 October 1983 – 16 June 1988 [329]
Transport	Sherjan Mazdooryar [250]	11 June 1981 – 16 June 1988
Civil Aviation	did not exist before 29 August 1986
	Mohammad Aziz Negahban [296]	29 August 1986 – 16 June 1988
Islamic Affairs and Endowment	was founded in April 1985 [330] [331]
	Abdul Wali Hojat [332]	April 1985 – October 1986 [330] [333]
	Abdul Jamil Zarifi	October 1986 – 16 June 1988 [330]
Minister without portfolio	Faqir Mohammad Yaqubi [310]	7 April 1983 – 16 June 1988 [312]
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Nematullah Pazhwak [176]	January 1987 – 16 June 1988 [334]
Central Bank [44]	not a ministerial post until 1 April 1982 [335] [336] [337]
	Mehrabuddin Paktiawal [338]	1 April 1982 – after 8 January 1987 [335] [339]
	Abdul Basir Ranjbar	before 7 July 1987 – 16 June 1988 [340]
Minister of State for Economic Affairs	did not exist until 26 December 1985
	Fazal Haq Khaliqyar	26 December 1985 – 16 June 1988 [294] [341]
Minister of State for Islamic Affairs	did not exist until 26 December 1985
	Abdul Ghafur Baher [342] [343]	26 December 1985 – 16 June 1988 [294]
Minister of State for Social and Cultural Affairs	did not exist until 26 December 1985
	Abdul Wahid Sorabi [146]	26 December 1985 – before 4 January 1988 [294]
	vacant	before 4 January – 16 June 1988
Minister of State for Nationalities and Tribal Affairs	did not exist until 26 December 1985
	Sarjang Khan Jaji [344]	26 December 1985 – 16 June 1988 [294]
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs	did not exist until 4 December 1986
	Shah Mohammad Dost	4 December 1986 – 16 June 1988 [279]
Minister of State for Direct Cooperation	did not exist until before 4 January 1988
	Sayed Akran Paiger	before 4 January – 16 June 1988

Sharq Council of Ministers (1988–1989)

Sharq Council of Ministers ^{[345] [346] [347]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)
Role
Chairman	Mohammad Hasan Sharq	16 June 1988 – 20 February 1989
	vacant	20 – 21 February 1989 [348]
Deputy Chairman	Sayed Amanuddin Amin [293]	before 1 July 1988 – 21 February 1989
Deputy Chairman	Mahbubullah Koshani	before 1 July 1988 – 21 February 1989
Deputy Chairman	Sarwar Mangal [288]	before 1 July 1988 – 21 February 1989
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Abdul Wakil [171]	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
Defense	vacant	16 June – 17 August 1988
	Shahnawaz Tanai [349]	17 August 1988 – 21 February 1989 [350]
Interior	Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy [253]	16 June – 8 November 1988
	vacant	8 – 16 November 1988
	Mohammad Aslam Watanjar [224]	16 November 1988 – 21 February 1989 [351] [352]
Justice	Muhammad Bashir Baghlani [304]	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
State Security	Ghulam Faruq Yaqubi [301]	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
Finance	Hamidullah Tarzi	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
other ministries
Commerce	Mohammad Khan Jalalar [179]	16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989
	Burhanuddin Ghiasi [315]	18 – 21 February 1989
Light Industries and Foodstuffs	Dost Mohammad Fazl [353]	16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989
	Abdul Bahar [354] [343]	18 – 21 February 1989
Education and Training	Ghulam Rasul Rasuli [355]	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
Higher and Vocational Education	Nur Ahmad Barits [356]	16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989
	Khudadad Ismail Danesh [357] [234]	18 – 21 February 1989
Construction Affairs [358]	Nazar Mohammad [269] [278]	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
Public Health	Abdul Fatah Najm [359]	16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989
	Sayyed Amin Zara [360]	18 – 21 February 1989
Communications	Mohammad Aslam Watanjar [224]	16 June – 16 November 1988
	vacant	16 November – 19 December 1988
	Mir Azmuddin [361]	19 December 1988 – 21 February 1989
Mines and Industries	Mohammad Ishaq Kawa [322]	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
Agriculture and Land Reforms	Mohammad Ghofran [362]	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
Water and Power [363]	Raz Mohammad Paktin [272]	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
Information and Culture	was re-established on 5 July 1988 [364]
	vacant	5 – 9 July 1988
	Ahmad Bashir Ruigar [365]	9 July 1988 – 21 February 1989 [350]
Revival and Rural Development	Asif Zahir [366]	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
Tribal Affairs/Border Affairs [367]	Sulaiman Layeq [238]	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
Returnees Affairs	Abdul Ghafar Farahi [368] [343]	16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989
	Sayed Akram Paigir [369]	18 – 21 February 1989
Planning Affairs	Sultan Hussain [370]	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
Transport	Mohammad Aziz	16 June – 19 December 1988
	Khalilullah [371]	19 December 1988 – 21 February 1989
Civil Aviation	Pacha Gul Wafadar [204]	16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989
	Sherjan Mazdooryar [250]	18 – 21 February 1989
Islamic Affairs and Endowment	vacant	16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989
	Abdul Ghafur Baher [342] [343]	18 – 21 February 1989
Central Bank [44]	Abdul Basir Ranjbar	16 June 1988 – before 1 January 1989
	Mohammad Kabir	before 1 January – 21 February 1989 [372]
Minister without portfolio [373]	Nur Ahmad Barits [356]	18 – 21 February 1989
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Faqir Mohammad Yaqubi [310]	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Nematullah Pazhwak [176]	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Fazal Haq Khaliqyar	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Sarjang Khan Jaji [344]	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Shah Mohammad Dost	16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989

Second Keshtmand Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers (1989–1990)

Keshtmand Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers ^{[374] [375] [376] [377]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation	Ethnicity
Role
Chairman	Sultan Ali Keshtmand [266]	21 February 1989 – 7 May 1990 [378] [379]
	Fazal Haq Khaliqyar	7 – 21 May 1990 [379]
First Deputy Chairman	was re-established on 24 June 1989
	Mahmood Baryalai [380]	24 June 1989 – 21 May 1990 [381] [382]
Deputy Chairman	Sayed Amanuddin Amin [293]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Deputy Chairman	Mahbubullah Koshani	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990	Settam-e-Melli [383]	Tajik [383]
Deputy Chairman	Sarwar Mangal [288]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Deputy Chairman	Mohammad Hakim [297]	before 3 November 1989 – 21 May 1990
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Abdul Wakil [171]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Defense	Shahnawaz Tanai [349]	21 February 1989 – 6 March 1990
	Mohammad Aslam Watanjar [224]	6 March – 21 May 1990
Interior	Mohammad Aslam Watanjar [224]	21 February 1989 – 6 March 1990
	Raz Mohammad Paktin [272]	6 March – 21 May 1990
State Security	Ghulam Faruq Yaqubi [301]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Justice	Muhammad Bashir Baghlani [304]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990	Settam-e-Melli [383]	Tajik [383]
Finance	Hamidullah Tarzi	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
other ministries
Commerce	Burhanuddin Ghiasi [315]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Light Industries and Foodstuffs	Abdul Bahar [354] [343]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Education and Training	Ghulam Rasul Rasuli [355]	21 February – before 3 November 1989
	Khodaidad Basharmal [384]	before 3 November 1989 – 21 May 1990
Higher and Vocational Education	Khudadad Ismail Danesh [357] [234]	21 February – before 3 November 1989
	Mehr Mohammad Ejazi [385]	before 3 November 1989 – 21 May 1990
Construction Affairs	Nazar Mohammad [269] [278]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Public Health	Sayyed Amin Zara [360]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Communications	Mir Azmuddin [361]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Mines and Industries	Mohammad Ishaq Kawa [322]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990	Settam-e-Melli [383]	Tajik [383]
Agriculture and Land Reforms	Mohammad Ghofran [362]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Water and Power	Raz Mohammad Paktin [272]	21 February 1989 – 6 March 1990
	vacant	6 March – 21 May 1990
Information and Culture	Ahmad Bashir Ruigar [365]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Revival and Rural Development	Asif Zahir [366]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Border Affairs	Sulaiman Layeq [238]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990 [386]
Returnees Affairs	Sayed Akram Paigir [369]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Planning Affairs	Sultan Hussain [370]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Transport	Khalilullah [371]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Civil Aviation	Sherjan Mazdooryar [250]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Islamic Affairs and Endowment	Abdul Ghafur Baher [342] [343]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Central Bank [44]	Mohammad Kabir	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Nur Ahmad Barits [356]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Faqir Mohammad Yaqubi [310]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Nematullah Pazhwak [176]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Fazal Haq Khaliqyar	21 February 1989 – 7 May 1990
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Sarjang Khan Jaji [344]	21 February 1989 – 21 May 1990
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Shah Mohammad Dost	21 February 1989 – before 3 November 1989
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Nur Ahmed Nur [226]	before 3 November 1989 – 21 May 1990
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Akbar Shah Wali [232]	before 3 November 1989 – 21 May 1990

Khaliqyar Council of Ministers (1990–1992)

Khaliqyar Council of Ministers ^{[387] [388] [389] [390] [391] [392] [393]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation	Origin
Role
Chairman	Fazal Haq Khaliqyar	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
First Deputy Chairman	Mahmood Baryalai [380]	21 May 1990 – after 7 January 1991
	vacant	before 8 July 1991 – 16 April 1992
Deputy Chairman	Mahbubullah Koshani	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992	Settam-e-Melli [383]	Tajik [383]
Deputy Chairman	Nematullah Pazhwak [176]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Deputy Chairman	Abdul Qayyum Nurzai [394]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Deputy Chairman	Sarwar Mangal [288]	21 May – after 7 September 1990
Deputy Chairman	Abdul Wahid Sorabi [146]	21 May – after 7 September 1990
Deputy Chairman	Mohammad Anwar Arghandiwal [160]	before 8 July 1991 – 16 April 1992
Deputy Chairman	Abdul Samad Salim [132]	before 8 July 1991 – 16 April 1992
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Abdul Wakil [171]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Defense	Mohammad Aslam Watanjar [224]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Interior	Raz Mohammad Paktin [272]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
State Security	Ghulam Faruq Yaqubi [301]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Justice	Ghulam Mohaiuddin Darez [395]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Finance	Mohammad Hakim [297]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
other ministries
Commerce	Zakim Shah	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Light Industries and Foodstuffs	Mohammad Anwar Dost [396]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Education and Training	Masuma Esmati-Wardak [397]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Higher and Vocational Education	Mohammad Anwar Shams [398]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Construction Affairs	Faqir Mohammad Nekzad [399]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Public Health	Mehr Mohammad Ejazi [385]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Communications	Sayed Nasim Alawi [400]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Mines and Industries	Abdul Samad Saleh [401]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Agriculture and Land Reforms	Mohammad Ghofran [362]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Water and Power	Abdul Ghafur Rahim [402]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Information and Culture	Ahmad Bashir Ruigar [365]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Revival and Rural Development	Hayatullah Azizi [403]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Border Affairs	Sarjang Khan Jaji [344]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Returnees Affairs [404]	Fateh Muhammad Tarin [405]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Planning Affairs	Abdul Wahid Sorabi [146]	21 May – after 7 September 1990
	vacant	before 7 January – 7 February 1991
	Ghulam Mahiyuddin Shahbaz [406]	7 February 1991 – 16 April 1992
Transport	Khalilullah [371]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Civil Aviation [407]	Hamidullah Tarzi	21 May 1990 – 7 February 1991
	Wadir Safi	7 February 1991 – 16 April 1992
Islamic Affairs and Endowment	Muhammad Siddiq Sailani [408]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Central Statistics [409]	Ghulam Mahiyuddin Shahbaz [406]	21 May 1990 – 7 February 1991
	Nazir Ahmad Shahidi [410]	7 February 1991 – 16 April 1992
Social Security [411]	Saleha Farooq Etemadi [412]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Central Bank [44] [413]	Mohammad Kabir	21 May – after 7 September 1990
	Abdul Wahab Asefi [414]	before 7 January – before 8 July 1991
	Khalilullah Sediq [415]	before 8 July 1991 – 16 April 1992
Minister without portfolio	Hamidullah Tarzi	before 6 March – 16 April 1992
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Nur Ahmad Barits [356]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Faqir Mohammad Yaqubi [310]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Sayed Akram Paigir [226]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992
Minister without portfolio Minister of State	Akbar Shah Wali [232]	21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

Post-Najibullah interim government (1992)

Main article: Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)

Beginning on 18 March 1992 when President Mohammed Najibullah announced that he would resign as soon as a transitional authority was formed and especially since 10 April when a UN-backed plan of a pre-transition council composed of impartial personalities was presented, ^[416] the government of the Republic of Afghanistan began to deteriorate quickly as government members were beginning to defect to the different mujahedin parties, offering assistance to each of the parties entering Kabul. The dynamics of these defections were heavily influenced by ethnic identity. Most Pashtun officials and police officers in the Ministry of Interior Affairs around Mohammad Aslam Watanjar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ^[416] around Raz Mohammad Paktin and other members from the Khalq faction sought to build alliances with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, commander of the Hizb-e Islami, while Tajik officers in the military and government, being mostly Parchamites, were defecting to Ahmad Shah Massoud, commander of the Jamiat-e Islami, and Turkmen and Uzbek officials were siding with Abdul Rashid Dostum, formerly aligned with the government but recently defected himself forming the Junbish-i Milli. On 16 April, Najibullah resigned after coming under pressure from an alliance of rebel leaders and dissident army officers. He tried to flee the country, but was intercepted by the dissident army unit of Dostum at the Kabul International Airport, and his whereabouts remained unclear.

Between 16 and 28 April 1992, though still officially in charge of the executive, ^[417] the Khaliqyar Council of Ministers de facto did not exist anymore. In the wake of his resignation, Najibullah handed over power to a council composed of senior members of the executive committee of his ruling Watan Party, namely the four Vice Presidents Abdul Rahim Hatif (as acting president), ^[418] Abdul Hamid Mohtat, Mohammed Rafie and Abdul Wahid Sorabi. ^{[419] [420]} But amid reports of escalating fighting and troop defections in and around Kabul, the new council's control of the capital appeared tenuous and divided. According to some sources, the actual power in the government was held by four Tajik ex-PDPA generals allied with Massoud who were backed by army leaders in the capital and northern Afghanistan. Among those four were Deputy Defense Minister Mohammad Nabi Azimi, ^[421] the commander of the Kabul Garrison Baba Jan Zahid and Chief of Staff of the army Muhammad Asif Delawar. ^{[420] [422]} Foreign Minister Abdul Wakil, himself being a dissident, ^{[420] [418]} stated that the insurgents were open to transferring power to a UN-sponsored interim government if one could be established. The United Nations Security Council held an emergency session to address the Afghan crisis, and UN envoy Benon Sevan extended his stay in Kabul for further discussions. Additionally, Wakil reported that Ghulam Faruq Yaqubi, the head of the KHAD, had committed suicide and was replaced by Osman Sultani. ^{[423] [424] [425] [426] [427] [428]}

On 24 April, the Peshawar Accords were signed, and different mujahideen groups took over control: while the Ministry of Interior Affairs and the Arg were occupied by Hekmatyar's forces, most of the other government ministries were conquered by Massoud's and Dostum's forces. ^[416] By 25 April, the city center of Kabul, which was the last part of the city still in the hands of the government, ^[429] fell into the hands of the different mujahideen rebel groups. ^[430]

At a press conference in Peshawar, the leaders of six rebel parties named a 50-member interim council, composed of five representatives from each of the ten major rebel groups. The council was to be under the leadership of the Afghan National Liberation Front leader and former Afghan Interim Government president Sibghatullah Mojaddedi and was to move to Kabul within two days to rule for two months. After two months of rule by Mojaddedi, Jamiat-e Islami leader Burhanuddin Rabbani was to take over as president of the transitional government for four months before a permanent government was to replace it. ^[421] In Rabbani's government, according to some reports, Hekmatyar was to be prime minister, Massoud defense minister, Ittehad-e-Islami leader Abdulrab Rasul Sayyaf interior minister and Mahaz-e-Melli leader Seyyed Ahmad Gailani foreign minister. The transitional government was to remain in power for four months after which a grand assembly of tribal elders would arrange and schedule national elections. Hekmatyar immediately expressed his opposition to the plan. ^[429]

On 27 April 1992, Hekmatyar and his allies were forced out of the ministries and institutions that they occupied by the Northern Alliance forces, ^[431] an on 28 April, the Islamic State of Afghanistan was officially declared, ending communist rule over Afghanistan exactly 14 years after the Saur Revolution. On this day, members of the old government, including the former Prime Minister Fazal Haq Khaliqyar, the leaders of the old Senate and House of Representatives, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Abdul Karim Shahdan, ^[419] handed power to Mojaddedi in a formal ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ^[417]

Islamic State (1992–1996)

Main article: Afghan Civil War (1992–1996)

Afghan Mujahideen Transitional Council (1992)

On 5 May 1992, at least 36 Mujahideen leaders were named as members of the transitional administration; ^[432] among those were the Interim Council President Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, President-designate Burhanuddin Rabbani, Prime Minister nominee Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani, three Deputy Prime Minister designates, 28 ministers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Maulawi Abdullah, Attorney General Mohammad Qasim, the President of the Central Bank ^[433] and Minister advisor Maulawi Mohammad Mir. ^[434] Many government officials in less important positions are not known by name. ^[434]

Afghan Mujahideen Council ^{[435] [433] [429] [432] [434]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation	Origin
Role
President	Sibghatullah Mojaddedi	28 April – 28 June 1992
Prime Minister	vacant [436]	28 April – 28 June 1992
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Sayed Sulaiman Gailani [437]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Defense	Ahmad Shah Massoud [438]	28 April – 28 June 1992
Home Affairs [439]	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai [440]	5 May – 28 June 1992 [441]
National Security [442]	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Mohammad Yahya Nawroz [443]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Justice	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Jalaluddin Haqqani [444]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Finance	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Hamidullah Rahimi [445]	5 May – 28 June 1992
other ministries
Commerce [446]	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Wakil Shahbaz [447]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Light Industries and Foodstuffs	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Sulaiman Yari [448]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Education and Training	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	unknown	5 May – 28 June 1992
Higher and Vocational Education [449]	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Mohammad Musa Tawana [450]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Construction Affairs	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Mohammad Yaser [451]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Public Health	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Najibullah Mojaddedi [452]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Communications [453]	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Mohammad Akram [454]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Mines and Industries	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	unknown	5 May – 28 June 1992
Agriculture and Land Reforms	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	unknown	5 May – 28 June 1992
Water and Power [455]	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Faruq Azam [456] [457]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Information and Culture	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Wala Jan Waseq [458] (Deputy)	5 May – 28 June 1992
Revival and Rural Development [459]	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Zabihullah Hadi [460]	5 May – 28 June 1992
City Construction	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Abdul Hafez Beg [461]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Border Affairs [462]	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Abdul Ahad Karzai [463]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Returnees Affairs [464]	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Rahmatullah Wahidyar [465]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Planning Affairs	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	unknown	5 May – 28 June 1992
Transport	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	unknown	5 May – 28 June 1992
Civil Aviation [407]	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	unknown	5 May – 28 June 1992
Islamic Affairs and Endowment [466]	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Arsala Rahmani [467]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Central Statistics	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	unknown	5 May – 28 June 1992
Labor and Social Security [468]	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Abdul Manan Abed [469]	5 May – 28 June 1992
Observation of Martyrs and Disabled	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	Anwar	5 May – 28 June 1992
Central Bank [44] [413]	vacant	28 April – 5 May 1992
	unknown	5 May – 28 June 1992

Afghan Interim Leadership Council (1992–1993)

The Leadership Council took over power on 28 July 1992 and according to the Peshawar Accord, the mandate for the interim government was intended to expire after four months on 28 October. For an orderly transition, according to the Afghan News Agency, President Burhanuddin Rabbani, Hezb-e Islami leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Ittehad-i Islami leader Abdulrab Rasul Sayyaf and Harakat-i Inqilab-e Islami leader Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi agreed to call a shura before that date to elect a new government. ^[470] However, on 24 October, the Leadership Council ratified the generalities of a resolution bill to establish a Resolution and Settlement Council of 1,335 members from all provinces and powerful groups to elect a president for a term of 18 months, and on 27 October, the Leadership Council elected to extend Rabbani's term by one and a half months until 15 December 1992. ^{[471] [472]} But when a first meeting of this Resolution and Settlement Council failed to convene on 12 December, Rabbani announced that he would stay interim president until a successor was chosen. ^[472] On 30 December, the Council once again met in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to appoint an interim president, but most mujahideen groups boycotted the meeting because of bribery allegations. ^[471] At the end, even though 360 council members chose not to participate, the Council voted to keep Rabbani in power who was sworn in as president for 18 month on 3 January 1993. ^[472] Until he named a new cabinet, members of the Interim Leadership Council stood in their roles as caretaker ministers. ^[473]

On 7 March 1993, after six days of negotiations, Rabbani and Hekmatyar and other major Mujahideen representatives signed the Islamabad Accord, agreeing on a ceasefire. ^[474] The agreement designated the Organization of the Islamic Conference and Mujahideen representatives as monitors of the ceasefire and, among other points, designated Hekmatyar to be the Prime Minister and Rabbani to continue as President. They also were to jointly appoint the cabinet, but because of differences between the parties on the nomination of Ahmad Shah Massoud as Defense Minister, the appointment was decided to be done on 22 March 1993. ^[475] This was first postponed until 29 March and then again until 2 April 1993 when a list of candidates for the ministries was presented to Rabbani. ^[475] It was not announced who Hekmatyar proposed as candidates. ^[476] Rabbani refused to accept the list and told that it was ″subject to change″. Even though Hekmatyar then unilateraly tried to dissolve the cabinet, ^[477] the former cabinet remained in place as most government ministers reported to work as usual. ^{[477] [475]} On 15 April, Hekmatyar presented a second list which, unlike the first one, included Massoud, but as Foreign Minister instead of Defense Minister. Rabbani rejected Hekmatyar's proposal for the second time. ^[475] On 30 April, Rabbani, Hekmatyar and other mujahideen leaders met up in Jalalabad to once again discuss the formation of a cabinet, but without reaching a result. ^[475] In a second meeting on 17 May, government and Mujahideen representatives agreed to a plan giving Rabbani control of the Defense Ministry while Hekmatyar would control the Interior Ministry for two months. ^[475] On 20 May it was deciced that two members from each of the Mujahideen parties were assigned to a cabinet position and that Massoud would resign as Defense Minister. A new Defense and Interior Minister were to be appointed by a council led by Rabbani. ^[475]

Afghan Leadership Council ^{[478] [479] [480] [473] [481]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation	Origin
Role
President	Burhanuddin Rabbani	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Prime Minister	vacant [482]	28 June – 6 July 1992
	Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani [483]	6 July – 16 August 1992 [484]
	vacant [485]	16 August 1992 – 17 June 1993
Deputy Prime Minister	Sayed Sulaiman Gailani [437]	before 8 September 1992 – 17 June 1993
Deputy Prime Minister	Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai [440]	before 8 September 1992 – 17 June 1993
Deputy Prime Minister	Din Mohammad [486]	before 8 September 1992 – 17 June 1993
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Sayed Sulaiman Gailani [437]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Defense	Ahmad Shah Massoud [438]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Interior [487]	Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai [440]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
National Security [442]	Khodadad Khan [488]	28 June – after 6 July 1992
	was dissolved before 8 September 1992
Justice	Jalaluddin Haqqani [444]	28 June – after 8 September 1992
	vacant	before 7 January – 17 June 1993
Finance	Hamidullah Rahimi [445]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
other ministries
Commerce [446]	Wakil Shahbaz [447]	28 June – 25 September 1992
	Abdul Wahid Sorabi [146]	25 September 1992 – 17 June 1993
Light Industries and Foodstuffs	Sulaiman Yari [448]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Education and Training	Abdul Qayum [489]	28 June – after 6 July 1992
	Din Mohammad [486]	before 8 September 1992 – 17 June 1993
Higher and Vocational Education [449]	Mohammad Musa Tawana [450]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Construction Affairs	Mohammad Yaser [451]	28 June – after 8 September 1992
	Abdul Rahim Karimi [490] [491]	before 7 January – 17 June 1993
Public Health	Najibullah Mojaddedi [452]	28 June – 2 August 1992 [470]
	vacant	2 August – 25 September 1992
	Mohammad Yaqub Barakzai [492]	25 September 1992 – 17 June 1993 [470]
Communications [453]	Mohammad Akram [454]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Mines and Industries	Mohammad Yaqub Lali [151]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993 [493]
Agriculture and Land Reforms	unknown	28 June – after 6 July 1992
	Mohammad Hadi Hadi [494]	before 8 September 1992 – 17 June 1993
Water and Power [455]	Faruq Azam [456] [457]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Information and Culture	Mohammad Siddiq Chakari [495]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Revival and Rural Development [459]	Zabihullah Hadi [460]	28 June – 25 September 1992
	Ishaq Gowhari [496]	25 September 1992 – 17 June 1993 [470]
City Construction	Abdul Hafez Beg [461]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Border Affairs [462]	Abdul Ahad Karzai [463]	28 June – after 8 September 1992
	Naim Kuchi [497]	before 7 January – 17 June 1993
Returnees Affairs [464]	Rahmatullah Wahidyar [465]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Planning	Sayed Mohammad Ali Jawid [498]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993 [499]
Development and Inspection	Abdul Wahid Sorabi [146]	28 June – 25 September 1992
	was dissolved on 25 September 1992
Transport	unknown	28 June – after 6 July 1992
	Mohammad Khalil Zuhad [500]	before 8 September 1992 – 17 June 1993
Civil Aviation [407]	Abdul Rahman	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Islamic Affairs and Endowment [466]	Arsala Rahmani [467]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Central Statistics	unknown	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Labor and Social Security [468]	Abdul Manan Abed [469]	28 June – 25 September 1992
	Ahmad Nazar Balkhi [501]	25 September 1992 – 17 June 1993 [470]
Observation of Martyrs and Disabled	Anwar	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Central Bank [44] [413]	Mir Najibullah Sahu	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Minister without portfolio	Mohammad Nadir Khurram [502]	before 7 January – 17 June 1993
Minister of State	Taqaddosi	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs	Mohammad Sadiq Saljuqi	28 June – after 6 July 1992
	Najibullah Lafraie [503]	before 8 September 1992 – 17 June 1993
Minister of State for Government Affairs	Abdul Hai Elahi [504]	28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993

First Hekmatyar cabinet and power struggles (1993–1996)

On 17 June 1993, Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and his cabinet were sworn in by President Burhanuddin Rabbani. ^{[475] [505]} On 8 September, Hekmatyar called on Rabbani and the cabinet to resign to allow for the establishment of a "neutral interim government" to be chosen in a free general election, but was denied. ^[506] On 11 December, Rabbani allegedly approved the resignation of Hekmatyar and the transfer of power to Communications Minister Mohammad Amin Waqad, however, the Hezb-e Islami denied that he had stepped down as Prime Minister. ^[507] On 19 December, Radio Afghanistan announced that Qutbuddin Hilal had assumed the duties of Prime Minister, which again was denied by Hekmatyar. ^[507]

Since 1 January 1994 when Rabbani's and Hekmatyar's forces openly went to war against each other, ^[508] the real power that the cabinet had at that point was heavily put under question because the ministers loyal to each side where only commanding to the President or Prime Minister respectively. ^[509]

Rabbani refused to step down at the end of his term on 28 June 1994 ^[508] and then again half a year later on 28 December 1994, and on 1 January 1995, United Nations peace envoy Mahmoud Mestiri returned to Kabul. ^[510] On 10 January 1995, Rabbani offered to step down and turn over power to a 23-member UN interim administration if Hekmatyar agreed to withdraw. On 12 February, the many parties agreed to a multi-party council which would take over on 20 February. ^[511] On that date though, the scheduled transfer of power was disrupted by demands from Rabbani for assurances that the new government includes the newly emerging Taliban. ^{[510] [512]} Hence, Rabbani further delayed his resignation stating he would not resign before 21 March. ^[510] On 18 March however, Rabbani announces that hewould not step down on the UN-appointed date because the "mechanism for the transfer of power had not been established", ^[513] and that the transfer of power to an interim government was delayed for another 15 days, which also did not happen. ^[510] At that point, Hekmatyar already had to abandon his headquarters in Chahar Asyab due to the overwhelming force of the Taliban, further diminishing or de facto ^[514] (but until November 1995 not de jure) ^[515] ending his power as Prime Minister. ^[516] On 14 November 1995, Mistiri reported that Rabbani had agreed to step down and to transfer power to a 25-member transitional council, but the Taliban rejected that proposal. ^[517]

On 20 May 1996, President Burhanuddin Rabbani met with ex-Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar to discuss an alliance between Hekmatyar's Hezb-e Islami and the Rabbani's government, and on 24 May they agreed to end hostilities between their two groups to move toward an elected government. ^[518] On 26 June 1996, Hekmatyar was sworn in as Prime Minister for a second time, keeping the ministers of the old government as acting ministers until a new cabinet was elected. ^{[519] [518]}

Hekmatyar Cabinet ^[520]

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation		Origin
Role
President	Burhanuddin Rabbani	17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996 [521]
Prime Minister	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar [522]	17 June 1993 – 28 June 1994 [523]
	disputed(de facto)	28 June 1994 – before 14 February 1995 [524]
	Arsala Rahmani [467] (caretaker; de facto)	before 14 February – before 16 November 1995 [524] [525]
	Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai [440] (acting; de facto)	before 16 November 1995 – 26 June 1996 [525]
	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar [522]	26 June – 3 July 1996
First Deputy Prime Minister	Qutbuddin Hilal [526]	before 10 September 1993 – before 26 June 1996
Deputy Prime Minister	Arsala Rahmani [467]	before 10 September 1993 – before 26 June 1996
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Hedayat Amin Arsala [527]	17 June 1993 – after 1 November 1995
	Najibullah Lafraie [503] (caretaker)	before 2 January – before 26 June 1996
	vacant	before 26 June – 3 July 1996
Defense	Ahmad Shah Massoud [438] (de facto) [528]	17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996
Interior	vacant [529]	17 June 1993 – 26 June 1996
	Munshi Abdul Majid [530] (acting)	26 June – 3 July 1996
Justice	Jalaluddin Haqqani [444]	17 June 1993 – before 28 June 1996
	vacant	before 28 June – 3 July 1996
Finance	Karim Khalili [531]	17 June 1993 – before 26 June 1996
	Karimi [532] [491]	before 26 June – 3 July 1996
other ministries
Commerce	Hayatullah Belaghi	17 June 1993 – before 26 June 1996
	Alami Balkhi [533]	before 26 June – 3 July 1996
Education	Jalluddin Zada [534]	17 June 1993 – before 26 June 1996
	Mohammad Fazel	before 26 June – 3 July 1996
Higher Education	Syed Omar Monib [535]	17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996
Reconstruction	Faiz Mohammad [536]	17 June 1993 – before 28 June 1996
	vacant	before 28 June – 3 July 1996
Public Health	Mohammad Amin Fatimi	17 June 1993 – before 20 May 1996
	Mohammad Yusuf Barakzai [537]	before 20 May – 3 July 1996 [538]
Communications	Mohammad Amin Waqad [539]	17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996
Agriculture	Sayed Nurullah Emad [540]	17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996
Water and Power	Mohammad Ayub [541]	17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996
Information [542]	Din Mohammad [486]	17 June 1993 – 26 June 1996
	Sayed Ishaq Diljo Hussaini (acting)	26 June – 3 July 1996
City Planning	Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai [440]	17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996
Frontiers	Sayed Sulaiman Gailani [437]	17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996
Tribal Affairs	was established after 1 September 1994
	Mohammad Siddiq Chakari [495] (acting)	before 2 December 1994 – 3 July 1996
Refugees	Faruq Azam [456]	17 June 1993 – before 26 June 1996
	vacant	before 26 June – 3 July 1996
Planning	Sayed Mohammad Ali Jawid [498]	17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996
Transportation	unknown	17 June – after 11 August 1993
	Mohammad Khalil Zuhad [500]	before 10 September 1993 – before 26 June 1996
	Abdul Ghafar Sayem	before 26 June – 3 July 1996
Civil Aviation	Hashmatullah Mojaddedi	17 June 1993 – after 31 January 1994
	Abdul Rahman	before 1 April 1994 – 3 July 1996
Haj and Auqaf	Arsala Rahmani [467]	17 June 1993 – before 26 June 1996
	vacant	before 26 June – 3 July 1996
Labor and Social Affairs [543]	Sayed Hussein Anwari [544]	17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996
Central Bank [44]	Ghulam Mohammad Yelaqi [545]	17 June – after 11 August 1993		pro-Hezb-e Wahdat pro-Mohaqiq	Hazara (Balkh)
	Zabihullah Eltizam	before 10 September 1993 – after 1 September 1994
	Mohammad Hakim [297]	before 2 December 1994 – 3 July 1996
Minister without portfolio Minister of State for State Affairs [546]	Abdul Hai Elahi [504]	before 5 January 1994 – 3 July 1996
Minister of State for Financial Affairs [547]	Hamidullah Tarzi	before 10 September 1993 – 3 July 1996
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs	Najibullah Lafraie [503]	before 10 September 1993 – 3 July 1996

Second Hekmatyar cabinet (1996)

On 26 September 1996, it was reported that the Taliban have captured Kabul, although this was denied by Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai. ^{[548] [549]} The next day, the government fled north of Kabul to Charikar and Jabal Saraj ^[550] at the gateway to the Panjshir Valley, considering the inevitable conquer of the city by the guerilla forces. ^[549] The Rabbani government tried to reconquer the capital for a year, but where weakened and lost even more land, ^[551] so that on 21 August 1997, when Hekmatyar already fled to Iran and his successor Ghafoorzai died, the cabinet, which already de facto lost control over the country, was dissolved. ^[552]

Hekmatyar Cabinet ^[553]

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation	Origin
Role
Prime Minister	Gulbuddin Hekmatyar [522]	3 July – 27 September 1996
First Deputy Prime Minister	Qutbuddin Hilal [526]	20 July – 27 September 1996
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Abdul Rahim Ghafoorzai (caretaker)	3 July – 27 September 1996 [554]
Defense	Waheedullah Sabawoon [555]	3 July – 27 September 1996
Interior	Yunus Qanuni [556]	3 July – 27 September 1996 [557]
Justice	vacant	3 July – 27 September 1996
Finance	Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal [558]	3 July – 27 September 1996
other ministries
Commerce	Alami Balkhi [559]	3 July – 27 September 1996
Education	Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai [440]	3 July – 27 September 1996 [560]
Higher Education	vacant	3 July – 27 September 1996
Reconstruction	vacant	3 July – 27 September 1996
Public Health	vacant	3 July – 27 September 1996
Communications	vacant	3 July – 27 September 1996
Agriculture	vacant	3 – 20 July 1996
	Sikander Qiam [561]	20 July – 27 September 1996
Water and Power	vacant	3 July – 27 September 1996
Information and Culture	Sayed Ishaq Diljo Hussaini (acting)	3 July – after 3 September 1996 [562]
	Ghyasuddin Kashat	after 3 – 27 September 1996
House and City Construction [563]	vacant	3 – 20 July 1996
	Abdul Salam Hashemi [564]	20 July – 27 September 1996
Frontiers	vacant	3 July – 27 September 1996
Tribal Affairs	vacant	3 July – 27 September 1996
Refugees	vacant	3 July – 27 September 1996
Planning	Sayed Mohammad Ali Jawid [498]	3 July – 27 September 1996
Transportation	vacant	3 July – 27 September 1996
Civil Aviation	vacant	3 July – 27 September 1996
Haj and Auqaf	vacant	3 July – 27 September 1996
Labor and Social Affairs	Sayed Hussein Anwari [544]	3 July – 27 September 1996
Martyrs and Disabled	Samiullah Najibi [565]	3 July – 27 September 1996
Central Bank [44]	Mohammad Hakim [297]	3 July – 27 September 1996
Minister Counselor for Cultural and Social Affairs	Abdul Hai Elahi [504]	3 July – 27 September 1996
Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs	Hamidullah Tarzi	3 July – 27 September 1996
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs	Najibullah Lafraie [503]	3 July – 27 September 1996

Islamic Emirate (1996–2001)

See also: Rabbani Council of Ministers and Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001) § Government

Rabbani Provisional Council of Ministers (1996–2001)

On 27 September 1996, the Taliban captured Kabul, forcing the old government to flee from the city. ^[566] They also set up a six-member provisonal council, among them Information and Culture Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, ^[551] Foreign Minister Mohammad Ghaus Akhund, ^[567] Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, ^[568] Health Minister Massoumi Afghan ^[569] and others, ^[550] to govern the capital and named Mohammad Rabbani, who is not related to Islamic State's president Burhanuddin Rabbani, to lead the Council of Ministers. ^[566] The Taliban declared the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which 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.

Rabbani Provisional Council of Ministers ^{[570] [571] [572] [573] [574] [575] [576]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation		Origin
Role
Prime Minister	Mohammad Rabbani	27 September 1996 – 16 April 2001		Taliban
	Abdul Kabir [577] (caretaker)	16 April – 13 November 2001		Taliban
First Deputy Prime Minister	Hasan Akhund [578]	before 25 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Second Deputy Prime Minister	Abdul Kabir [577]	before 25 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Mohammad Ghaus Akhund [579]	27 September 1996 – 28 May 1997 [580]		Taliban
	Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai [581] (acting) [582]	28 May – after 24 September 1997 [583]		Taliban
	Hasan Akhund [578]	after 24 September 1997 – 27 October 1999 [584]		Taliban
	Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil [585]	27 October 1999 – 13 November 2001 [586]		Taliban
Defense	Saadullah Popal (acting)	27 September 1996 – April 1997 [587]		Taliban
	Obaidullah Akhund [588]	April 1997 – 13 November 2001 [589]		Taliban
Interior	unknown	27 September 1996 – c. 1997		Taliban
	Khairullah Khairkhwa [590]	c. 1997 – c. 1998		Taliban
	unknown	c. 1998 – before 25 January 2001		Taliban
	Abdur Razzaq Akhundzada [591]	before 25 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Security and Intelligence	unknown	27 September – c. 1996		Taliban
	Ahmadullah [592]	c. 1996 – 13 November 2001 [593]		Taliban
Justice	unknown	27 September 1996 – before 25 January 2001		Taliban
	Nooruddin Turabi	before 25 January – 13 November 2001 [594]		Taliban
Finance	unknown	27 September 1996 – c. 1999		Taliban
	Mohammad Ahmadi [595]	c. 1999 – before 23 February 2001		Taliban
	Muhammad Taher Anwari [596]	before – after c. 1999		Taliban
	Agha Jan Motasim [597]	c. 1999 – 13 November 2001 [598]		Taliban
other ministries
Commerce	unknown	27 September 1996 – 1999		Taliban
	Abdul Razak [599] [600]	1999 – 13 November 2001 [601] [602]		Taliban
Education	unknown	27 September 1996 – unknown		Taliban
	Sayed Ghiasuddin [603]	unknown – February 1999		Taliban
	Amir Khan Muttaqi [604]	February 1999 – 13 November 2001 [605]		Taliban
Higher Education	unknown	27 September 1996 – unknown		Taliban
	Hamdullah Nomani [606]	unknown – before 25 January 2001		Taliban
	Din Mohammad Hanif [607]	before 25 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Public Works	unknown	27 September 1996 – before 25 January 2001		Taliban
	Mohammadullah Mati [608]	before 25 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Construction	unknown	27 September 1996 – before 1999		Taliban
	Dadullah [609]	before 1999 – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Public Health	Massoumi Afghan	27 September 1996 – before 25 January 2001 [569]		Taliban
	Mohammad Abbas Akhund [610]	before 25 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Communications	unknown	27 September 1996 – unknown		Taliban
	Mohammadullah Mati [608]	unknown – before 25 January 2001		Taliban
	Yar Mohammad Rahimi [611]	before 25 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Mines and Industries	unknown	27 September 1996 – before c. 1999		Taliban
	Ahmad Jan [612]	before c. 1999 – before 25 January 2001 [613]		Taliban
	Mohammad Essa Akhund [614]	after 25 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Agriculture	unknown	27 September 1996 – before 31 January 2001		Taliban
	Abdul Latif Mansur [615]	before 31 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Water and Electricity [616]	unknown	27 September 1996 – before 25 January 2001		Taliban
	Mohammad Essa Akhund [614]	before – after 25 January 2001		Taliban
	Ahmad Jan [612]	before 25 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Information and Culture	Amir Khan Muttaqi [604]	27 September 1996 – before 25 January 2001		Taliban
	Qudratullah Jamal [617]	before 25 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Urban Development	unknown	27 September 1996 – before 31 January 2001		Taliban
	Allah Dad Mati [618]	before – after 31 January 2001 [619]		Taliban
Frontier Affairs	unknown	27 September 1996 – before 31 January 2001		Taliban
	Jalaluddin Haqqani [444]	before 31 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Martyrs and Repatriation	unknown	27 September 1996 – before 25 January 2001		Taliban
	Abdul Raqib Takhari [620]	before 25 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Planning	unknown	27 September 1996 – before 25 January 2001		Taliban
	Din Mohammad Hanif [607]	before 25 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Civil Aviation and Transportation [621]	Akhtar Mohammad Mansour [622]	27 September 1996 – 13 November 2001 [623]		Taliban
Haj and Religious Affairs	unknown	27 September 1996 – before 31 January 2001		Taliban
	Sayed Ghiasuddin [603]	before 31 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Preventing Vice and Propagating Virtue	unknown	27 September 1996 – before 31 January 2001		Taliban
	Mohammad Wali [624]	before 31 January – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Central Bank [44]	unknown	27 September 1996 – unknown		Taliban
	Ehsanullah Sarfida [625]	unknown – before 23 February 2001		Taliban
	Mohammad Ahmadi [595]	before 23 February – 13 November 2001		Taliban
Administrative Affairs [30]	unknown	27 September 1996 – before 23 February 2001		Taliban
	Muhammad Taher Anwari [596]	before 23 February – 13 November 2001		Taliban

Transitional Islamic State (2001–2004)

Post-Taliban transitional phase (2001)

When Kabul fell to the Northern Alliance on 13 November 2001, former President Burhanuddin Rabbani returned to the Arg on 17 November. ^[626] While the Taliban government still controlled Kandahar for several weeks, around two dozen prominent Afghans convened at the Bonn Conference to establish an interim administration and set a timeline for adopting a new constitution and holding democratic elections. ^[627]

Concerns arose that Rabbani might attempt to retain power and marginalize Pashtun and Shia opposition groups, ^[626] but he ultimately cooperated and supported the formation of a representative government. On 6 December 2001, it was decided that Pashtun leader Hamid Karzai would assume leadership. Until the official transition on 22 December, Rabbani remained de jure president of Afghanistan, as the United Nations had never recognized the Taliban's legitimacy. ^[628] However, the de facto power rested with the Northern Alliance, which established a "Supreme Military Council" to administer the newly captured territories. ^[629] The council, which ruled out a return of Rabbani, declared a three-month mandate. ^[630] Council positions were held by close Massoud-allies: Mohammad Qasim Fahim as head of the council and Defense Minister, ^[629] Yunus Qanuni as acting Interior Minister ^[631] and Abdullah Abdullah as acting Foreign Minister. ^[632]

Supreme Military Council

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation		Origin
Role
Head	Mohammad Qasim Fahim [633]	13 November – 22 December 2001		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Abdullah Abdullah [634]	13 November – 22 December 2001		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Defense	Mohammad Qasim Fahim [633]	13 November – 22 December 2001		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Interior	Yunus Qanuni [556]	13 November – 22 December 2001		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)

Karzai interim cabinet (2001–2002)

Main article: Afghan Interim Administration

While the 30-member cabinet lineup was announced on 6 December, Karzai and his ministers were officially sworn in only on 22 December 2001. ^[628]

Karzai interim cabinet ^{[627] [635] [636] [637]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation		Origin
Role
Chairman	Hamid Karzai	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Rome group	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Vice Chairman	Mohammad Qasim Fahim [633]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Vice Chairman	Hedayat Amin Arsala [527]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Rome group Mahaz-e Milli Arsala clan	Pashtun (Kabul)
Vice Chairman	Mohammad Shakir Kargar [638]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance pro-Junbish-e Milli pro-Dostum	Uzbek (Faryab)
Vice Chairman	Mohammad Mohaqiq [639]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat	Hazara (Balkh)
Vice Chairwoman	Sima Samar	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Rome group	Hazara (Ghazni)
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Abdullah Abdullah [634]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Defense	Mohammad Qasim Fahim [633]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Interior	Yunus Qanuni [556]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Justice	Abdul Rahim Karimi [490]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami	Uzbek (Takhar)
Finance	Hedayat Amin Arsala [527]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Rome group Mahaz-e Milli Arsala clan	Pashtun (Kabul)
other ministries
Commerce	Sayed Mustafa Kazemi [640]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat	Shiite Sayyid (Parwan)
Education	Rasul Amin [641] [642]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Rome group pro-Mahaz-e Milli	Pashtun (Kunar)
Higher Education	Sharif Fayez [643]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance pro-Ismail Khan	Tajik (Herat)
Public Works	Abdul Khaliq Fazal [644]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Rome group	Pashtun
Reconstruction	Amin Farhang [645]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Rome group	Tajik (Kabul)
Public Health	Sohaila Siddiqi [646]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		none	Pashtun (Kabul)
Communications	Abdul Rahim Sayed Jan [647]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami pro-Rabbani [648]	Tajik (Badakhshan)
Mines and Industries	Mohammed Alim Razm [649]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance pro-Junbish-e Milli	Uzbek
Small Industries	Mohammad Arif Noorzai [650]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance pro-Karzai pro-Ittehad-e Islami [651]	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Agriculture	Sayed Hussain Anwari [544]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance Harakat-e Islami	Shiite Sayyid (Parwan)
Water and Energy	Mohammad Shakir Kargar [638]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance pro-Junbish-e Milli pro-Dostum	Uzbek (Faryab)
Irrigation	Mangal Hussain [652]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Peshawar group Hezb-e Islami	Pashtun
Information and Culture	Sayed Makhdoom Raheen [653]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Rome group pro-Jamiat-e Islami	Sunni Sayyid (Kabul)
Urban Development	Abdul Qadeer [654]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance Hezb-e Islami Khalis Arsala clan	Pashtun (Nangarhar)
Rural Development	Abdul Malik Anwar [655]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance	Tajik (Kapisa)
Border Affairs	Amanullah Zadran [656]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Rome group	Pashtun (Paktia)
Refugee Affairs [657]	Enayatullah Nazari [658]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Fahim	Tajik (Parwan)
Labor and Social Affairs	Mirwais Sadiq [659]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Ismail Khan	Tajik (Herat)
Martyrs and Disabled Affairs	Abdullah Wardak [660]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance pro-Ittehad-e Islami	Pashtun (Wardak)
Planning	Mohammad Mohaqiq [639]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat	Hazara (Balkh)
Transportation	Sultan Hamid Sultan	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Northern Alliance	Hazara (Kabul)
Civil Aviation and Tourism [661]	Abdul Rahman	22 December 2001 – 14 February 2002		Rome group [662]	Nuristani [663]
	vacant	14 February – March 2002
	Zalmai Rassoul [664]	March – 24 June 2002		Rome group pro-Karzai	Pashtun (Kabul)
Haj and Mosques [665]	Mohammad Hanif Balkhi [666]	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		none	Shiite [667] (Balkh)
Women's Affairs	Sima Samar	22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002		Rome group	Hazara (Ghazni)

Karzai transitional cabinet (2002–2004)

Main article: Afghan Transitional Administration

The Bonn Agreement 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.

Karzai transitional cabinet ^{[627] [668] [669]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation		Origin
Role
President	Hamid Karzai	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Rome group	Pashtun (Kandahar)
First Vice President [670]	Mohammad Qasim Fahim [633]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Second Vice President [670]	Karim Khalili [531]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat	Hazara (Wardak)
Vice President [670]	Abdul Qadeer [654]	24 June – 6 July 2002		Northern Alliance Hezb-e Islami Khalis Arsala clan	Pashtun (Nangarhar)
Vice President [670]	Hedayat Amin Arsala [527]	late June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Rome group Mahaz-e Milli Arsala clan	Pashtun (Kabul)
Vice President [670]	Nematullah Shahrani	late June 2002 – 24 December 2004		none	Uzbek (Badakhshan)
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Abdullah Abdullah [634]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Defense	Mohammad Qasim Fahim [633]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Interior	Taj Mohammad Wardak	24 June 2002 – 28 January 2003		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami Hezb-e Isteqlal-e Milli pro-Qanuni [671]	Pashtun
	Ali Ahmad Jalali [672]	28 January 2003 – 24 December 2004 [673]		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Kabul)
Special Security Advisor for Interior Affairs	Yunus Qanuni [556]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004 [674] [675] [676] [677]		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Justice	Abdul Rahim Karimi [490]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami	Uzbek (Takhar)
Finance	Ashraf Ghani [678]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Logar)
other ministries
Commerce	Sayed Mustafa Kazemi [640]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat	Shiite Sayyid (Parwan)
Education	Yunus Qanuni [556]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Higher Education	Sharif Fayez [643]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance pro-Ismail Khan	Tajik (Herat)
Public Works	Abdul Qadeer [654]	24 June – 6 July 2002		Northern Alliance Hezb-e Islami Khalis Arsala clan	Pashtun (Nangarhar)
	vacant	6 – 20 July 2002
	Abdul Ali	20 July 2002 – 24 December 2004 [679]		pro-Western technocrat [679]	Pashtun
Reconstruction	Amin Farhang [645]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Rome group	Tajik (Kabul)
Public Health	Sohaila Siddiqi [646]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		none	Pashtun (Kabul)
Communications	Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Logar)
Mines and Industries	Juma Muhammad Muhammadi [219]	24 June 2002 – 24 February 2003		pro-Western technocrat pro-Republican	Pashtun
	Mohammad Mahfoz Nidaie [680] (acting)	after 24 February 2003 – before 10 June 2004		none	Pashtun
	Hakim Taniwal [681] (acting)	before 10 June – 24 December 2004		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Khost)
Light Industries and Foodstuffs [682]	Mohammed Alim Razm [649]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance pro-Junbish-e Milli	Uzbek
Agriculture and Livestock	Sayed Hussain Anwari [544]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance Harakat-e Islami	Shiite Sayyid (Parwan)
Water and Power	Mohammad Shakir Kargar [638]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance pro-Junbish-e Milli pro-Dostum	Uzbek (Faryab)
Irrigation and Environment	Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani [683]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		pro-Western technocrat pro-Rome group	Pashtun
Information and Culture	Sayed Makhdoom Raheen [653]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Rome group pro-Jamiat-e Islami	Sunni Sayyid (Kabul)
Urban Development	Yousef Pashtun [684]	24 June 2002 – 15 August 2003		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Kandahar)
	Gul Agha Sherzai [685]	15 August 2003 – 24 December 2004 [686]		pro-Karzai	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Rural Development	Haneef Atmar [687]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		none	Pashtun (Laghman)
Border and Tribal Affairs	Mohammad Arif Noorzai [650]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance pro-Karzai pro-Ittehad-e Islami	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Refugee Affairs [657]	Enayatullah Nazari [658]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Fahim	Tajik (Parwan)
Labor and Social Affairs	Noor Mohammad Qarqin [688]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		pro-Northern Alliance	Turkmen (Jowzjan)
Martyrs and Disabled	Abdullah Wardak [660]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance pro-Ittehad-e Islami	Pashtun (Wardak)
Planning	Mohammad Mohaqiq [639]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat	Hazara (Balkh)
Transportation	Sayed Mohammad Ali Jawid [498]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance Harakat-e Islami	Shiite Sayyid (Balkh)
Civil Aviation and Tourism [661]	Mirwais Sadiq [659]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Ismail Khan	Tajik (Herat)
Haj and Mosques	Mohammad Amin Naseryar [689]	24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		unknown	Pashtun
Women's Affairs	vacant	24 – 28 June 2002
	Habiba Sorabi [690]	28 June 2002 – 24 December 2004 [691] [692]		none	Hazara (Ghazni)
Minister of State for Women's Affairs [693]	Mahboba Hoqooqmal [694]	28 June 2002 – 24 December 2004		none	Hazara (Kabul) [695]

Islamic Republic (2004–2021)

First Karzai cabinet (2004–2010)

Main article: First Karzai cabinet

Karzai cabinet ^{[696] [697] [698] [699] [700] [701]}

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation		Origin
Role
President	Hamid Karzai	24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010		Rome group	Pashtun (Kandahar)
First Vice President	Ahmad Zia Massoud	24 December 2004 – 19 November 2009		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami	Tajik (Panjshir)
	Mohammad Qasim Fahim [633]	19 November 2009 – 18 January 2010		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Second Vice President	Karim Khalili [531]	24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010		Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat	Hazara (Wardak)
Senior Minister	did not exist before 22 March 2006
	Hedayat Amin Arsala [527]	22 March 2006 – 19 November 2009		Rome group Mahaz-e Milli Arsala clan	Pashtun (Kabul)
	was dissolved after 19 November 2009
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Abdullah Abdullah [634]	24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
	Rangin Dadfar Spanta [702] (acting)	22 March 2006 – 18 January 2010		pro-Western technocrat	Tajik (Herat)
Defense	Abdul Rahim Wardak	24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010		pro-Western technocrat pro-Rome group Mahaz-e Milli	Pashtun (Wardak)
Interior	Ali Ahmad Jalali [672]	24 December 2004 – 28 September 2005		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Kabul)
	Zarar Ahmad Osmani [703]	28 September 2005 – 12 October 2008		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Karzai [651]	Tajik (Parwan)
	Haneef Atmar [687]	12 October 2008 – 18 January 2010		none	Pashtun (Laghman)
NDS [30]	Amrullah Saleh	24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Justice	Sarwar Danish [704]	24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010		pro-Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat pro-Khalili	Hazara (Daykundi)
Finance	Anwar ul-Haq Ahady [705]	24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010		pro-Western technocrat Afghan Mellat	Pashtun (Kabul)
	Omar Zakhilwal [706]	24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010		pro-Western technocrat pro-Afghan Mellat	Pashtun (Nangarhar)
other ministries
Commerce/ Commerce and Industry [707]	Hedayat Amin Arsala [527]	24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006		Rome group Mahaz-e Milli Arsala clan	Pashtun (Kabul)
	Mohammad Haidar Reza (acting)	22 March – 8 August 2006		unknown	Tajik
	Mohammad Amin Farhang [708]	8 August 2006 – late 2008		Rome group pro-Western technocrat	Tajik (Kabul)
	Wahidullah Shahrani [709]	late 2008 – 18 January 2010		pro-Western technocrat	Uzbek (Badakhshan)
Mines and Industries/ Mines [707]	Mir Mohammad Sediq	24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006		unknown	unknown
	Ibrahim Adel [710]	22 March 2006 – 18 January 2010		unknown	Tajik (Parwan)
Economy	Mohammad Amin Farhang [708]	24 December 2004 – 8 August 2006		Rome group pro-Western technocrat	Tajik (Kabul)
	Mohammad Jalil Shams [711]	8 August 2006 – 18 January 2010		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Western technocrat	Tajik (Herat)
Education	Noor Mohammad Qarqin [688]	24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006		pro-Northern Alliance	Turkmen (Jowzjan)
	Haneef Atmar [687]	22 March 2006 – 12 October 2008		none	Pashtun (Laghman)
	Ghulam Farooq Wardak [712]	12 October 2008 – 18 January 2010		Hezb-e Islami	Pashtun (Wardak)
Higher Education	Amir Shah Hasanyar [713]	24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006		pro-Western technocrat	Hazara (Bamyan)
	Mohammad Azam Dadfar [714]	22 March 2006 – 18 January 2010		pro-Western technocrat	Uzbek (Faryab)
Public Works	Suhrab Ali Safari [715]	24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010		pro-Western technocrat	Hazara (Wardak)
Public Health	Mohammad Amin Fatemi [716]	24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Jebh-e Nejat-e Melli pro-Mojaddedi	Sunni Sayyid (Nangarhar)
Communications and IT	Amirzai Sangin [717]	24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Paktika)
Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock	Obaidullah Rameen [718]	24 December 2004 – 12 October 2008		pro-Northern Alliance Ittehad-e Islami	Tajik (Baghlan)
	Mohammad Asif Rahimi	12 October 2008 – 18 January 2010		pro-Western technocrat	Tajik (Kabul)
Energy and Water	Ismail Khan [719]	24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami	Tajik (Herat)
Information and Culture/ Culture and Youth [707]	Sayed Makhdoom Raheen [653]	24 December 2004 – 8 August 2006		Rome group pro-Jamiat-e Islami	Sunni Sayyid (Kabul)
	Karim Khoram [720]	8 August 2006 – 18 January 2010		pro-Western technocrat Hezb-e Islami	Pashtun (Wardak)
Youth Affairs	Amina Afzali [721]	24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006		pro-Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami	Tajik (Herat)
	was merged with the Ministry of Information and Culture on 22 March 2006
Urban Development Affairs	Yousef Pashtun [684]	24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010		Rome group pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Rural Rehabilitation and Development	Haneef Atmar [687]	24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006		none	Pashtun (Laghman)
	Mohammed Ehsan Zia [722]	22 March 2006 – 18 January 2010		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Kabul)
Borders, Nations and Tribal Affairs	Abdul Karim Brahui [723]	24 December 2004 – 11 October 2008		pro-Northern Alliance	Baloch (Nimroz)
	Asadullah Khalid [724]	11 October 2008 – 18 January 2010		Northern Alliance Ittehad-e Islami pro-Sayyaf [725] pro-Karzai	Pashtun (Ghazni)
Refugees and Repatriates Affairs	Mohammad Azam Dadfar [714]	24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006		pro-Western technocrat	Uzbek (Faryab)
	Akbar Akbar	22 March 2006 – 11 October 2008		unknown	Pashtun
	Abdul Karim Brahui [723]	11 October 2008 – 18 January 2010		pro-Northern Alliance	Baloch (Nimroz)
Labor and Social Affairs/Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled [707]	Sayed Ikramuddin Masoomi [726]	24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006		pro-Northern Alliance	Sunni Sayyid (Takhar)
	Noor Mohammad Qarqin [688]	22 March 2006 – 18 January 2010		pro-Northern Alliance	Turkmen (Jowzjan)
Martyrs and Disabled	Sediqa Balkhi [727]	24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006		pro-Northern Alliance	Shiite Sayyid (Balkh)
	was merged with the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on 22 March 2006
Transportation and Civil Aviation	Enayatullah Qasemi [728]	24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006		pro-Western technocrat pro-Hezb-e Wahdat pro-Mohaqiq [729]	Hazara (Helmand)
	Gul Hussain Ahmadi [730] (acting)	22 March – 8 August 2006		unknown	Hazara (Balkh)
	Nematullah Ehsan Jawid [731]	8 August 2006 – March 2008		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Hezb-e Wahdat pro-Mohaqiq [729]	unknown [732]
	Hamidullah Qaderi [733]	March – 10 November 2008		unknown	Pashtun (Kandahar)
	Omar Zakhilwal [706] (acting)	10 November 2008 – 7 February 2009		pro-Western technocrat pro-Afghan Mellat	Pashtun (Nangarhar)
	Hamidullah Farooqi [734]	7 February 2009 – 18 January 2010		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Herat)
Hajj and Religious Affairs	Nematullah Shahrani [735]	24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010		none	Uzbek (Badakhshan)
Women's Affairs	Massouda Jalal [736]	24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006		none	Tajik (Kapisa)
	Soraya Rahim Sobhrang [737] (acting)	22 March – 8 August 2006		none	Hazara (Herat)
	Husn Banu Ghazanfar [738]	8 August 2006 – 18 January 2010		none	Uzbek (Balkh)
Counter Narcotics	Habibullah Qaderi [739]	24 December 2004 – March 2008		unknown	Pashtun (Kandahar)
	Khodaidad [740]	March 2008 – 18 January 2010		pro-Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat pro-Khalili	Hazara (Uruzgan)

Second Karzai cabinet (2010–2015)

Main article: Second Karzai cabinet

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. ^[741] 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. ^[742] Since then, part of the ministries have been governed by acting ministers who do not held approval of the Afghan legislature. The 14 approved ministers were sworn in on 18 January 2010. ^{[743] [744] [745]} Major changes to the cabinet were made when the Wolesi held votes of confidence for nominated ministers, particularly on 28 June 2010 were five ministers were approved, leaving only six of the 25 ministries left with an acting minister, ^[746] 5 March 2012, ^[747] 15 September 2012, ^[748] 25 September 2013 ^[749] and 25 December 2013. ^[750]

When Ashraf Ghani was inaugurated as the new President of Afghanistan on 29 September 2014, he kept the ministers of the Karzai cabinet as acting ministers until the new National Unity Government could be formed with Abdullah Abdullah. However, after two months at the end of November 2014, he replaced all acting ministers with their respective deputy ministers to show that he would respect the constitution were it says a minister can only stay in office in an acting role for a maximum of two months. These new cabinet ministers stayed in office until the new government was formed in February 2015.

Karzai cabinet

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation		Origin
Role
President	Hamid Karzai	18 January 2010 – 29 September 2014		Rome group	Pashtun (Kandahar)
	Ashraf Ghani [678]	29 September 2014 – 1 February 2015		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Logar)
CEO	Abdullah Abdullah [634]	29 September 2014 – 1 February 2015		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
First Vice President	Mohammad Qasim Fahim [633]	18 January 2010 – 9 March 2014		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
	vacant	9 – 18 March 2014
	Yunus Qanuni [556]	18 March – 29 September 2014 [751] [752]		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
	Abdul Rashid Dostum [753]	29 September 2014 – 1 February 2015		Northern Alliance Junbish-e Milli	Uzbek (Jowzjan)
Second Vice President	Karim Khalili [531]	18 January 2010 – 29 September 2014		Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat	Hazara (Wardak)
	Sarwar Danish [704]	29 September 2014 – 1 February 2015		pro-Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat pro-Khalili	Hazara (Daykundi)
First Deputy CEO	Mohammad Khan [754]	29 September 2014 – 1 February 2015		Hezb-e Islami	Pashtun (Ghazni)
Second Deputy CEO	Mohammad Mohaqiq [639]	29 September 2014 – 1 February 2015		Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat	Hazara (Balkh)
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Zalmai Rassoul [664]	18 January 2010 – 28 October 2013		Rome group pro-Karzai	Pashtun (Kabul)
	Zarar Ahmad Osmani [703]	28 October 2013 – 11 December 2014 [755]		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Karzai [651]	Tajik (Parwan)
	Atiqullah Atifmal [756] (acting)	11 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		pro-Western technocrat pro-Karzai	Pashtun (Logar)
Defense	Abdul Rahim Wardak	18 January 2010 – 7 August 2012 [757] [758]		pro-Western technocrat pro-Rome group [725] Mahaz-e Milli	Pashtun (Wardak)
	vacant	7 – 8 August 2012
	Enayatullah Nazari [658] (acting)	8 August – 15 September 2012 [759]		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Fahim	Tajik (Parwan)
	Bismillah Khan Mohammadi [760]	15 September 2012 – 1 December 2014		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud pro-Fahim [761]	Tajik (Panjshir)
	Enayatullah Nazari (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Fahim	Tajik (Parwan)
Interior	Haneef Atmar [687]	18 January – 6 June 2010		none	Pashtun (Laghman)
	Munir Mangal [762] (acting)	6 – 30 June 2010		none	Pashtun (Paktia)
	Bismillah Khan Mohammadi [760]	30 June 2010 – 15 September 2012 [763] [764]		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud pro-Fahim	Tajik (Panjshir)
	Ghulam Mujtaba Patang [765]	15 September 2012 – 1 September 2013 [766]		pro-Khalq [767] [671] pro-Noor [767] pro-Fahim [767]	Pashtun (Logar)
	Mohammad Omar Daudzai [768]	1 September 2013 – 1 December 2014 [769]		pro-Hezb-e Islami [770]	Pashtun (Kabul)
	Mohammad Ayub Salangi [771] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		none	Tajik (Parwan)
NDS [30]	Amrullah Saleh	18 January 2010 – 6 June 2010		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
	Ibrahim Spinzada [772] (acting)	6 June – 5 July 2010		pro-Karzai	Pashtun (Kandahar)
	Rahmatullah Nabil [773]	5 July 2010 – 29 August 2012 [774]		pro-Karzai pro-Ibrahim [775]	Pashtun (Wardak)
	vacant	29 August – 15 September 2012 [776]
	Asadullah Khalid [724]	15 September – 7 December 2012		Northern Alliance Ittehad-e Islami pro-Sayyaf pro-Karzai	Pashtun (Ghazni)
	Hisamuddin Hisam [777] (acting)	7 December 2012 – 3 April 2013 [778]		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Fahim [767]	Tajik (Panjshir) [775]
	Asadullah Khalid [724]	3 April – 31 August 2013 [779]		Northern Alliance Ittehad-e Islami pro-Sayyaf pro-Karzai	Pashtun (Ghazni)
	Rahmatullah Nabil [773] (acting)	31 August 2013 – 14 March 2014 [780]		pro-Karzai pro-Ibrahim	Pashtun (Wardak)
	Asadullah Khalid [724]	14 March – 1 December 2014 [781]		Northern Alliance Ittehad-e Islami pro-Sayyaf pro-Karzai	Pashtun (Ghazni)
	Rahmatullah Nabil [773]	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015 [782]		pro-Karzai pro-Ibrahim	Pashtun (Wardak)
Finance	Omar Zakhilwal [706]	18 January 2010 – 11 December 2014		pro-Western technocrat pro-Afghan Mellat	Pashtun (Nangarhar)
	Mohammad Mustafa Mastoor [783] (acting)	11 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Abdullah	Tajik (Panjshir)
Justice	Habibullah Ghaleb	18 January 2010 – 20 March 2014		Rome group pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Mojaddedi [784]	Tajik (Kapisa)
	vacant	20 March – 1 December 2014
	Sayed Yousuf Halim [785] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		none	Sunni Sayyid (Nangarhar)
other ministries
Mines [786]	Wahidullah Shahrani [709]	18 January 2010 – 28 October 2013		pro-Western technocrat	Uzbek (Badakhshan)
	Mohammad Akbar Barakzai [787]	28 October 2013 – 1 December 2014 [755]		pro-Hezb-e Islami [651] pro-Hamdard pro-Sabawoon	Pashtun (Baghlan)
	Mir Ahmad Jawid Sadat [788] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		pro-Western technocrat	Sunni Sayyid (Balkh)
Economy	Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal [558]	18 January 2010 – 1 December 2014		Hezb-e Islami	Pashtun (Kabul)
	Hakim Khan Habibi [789] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Logar)
Information and Culture	Sayed Makhdoom Raheen [653]	18 January 2010 – 1 December 2014		Rome group pro-Jamiat-e Islami	Sunni Sayyid (Kabul)
	Ghulam Nabi Farahi [790] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 21 January 2015		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Farah)
	Sayed Mossadeq Khalili [791] (acting)	21 January – 1 February 2015 [792] [793]		pro-Western technocrat	Shiite Sayyid
Education	Ghulam Farooq Wardak [712]	18 January 2010 – 1 December 2014		Hezb-e Islami	Pashtun (Wardak)
	Mohammad Asif Nang [794] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 21 January 2015		none	Pashtun (Paktia)
	Mohammad Shafiq Samim [795] (acting)	21 January – 1 February 2015 [796] [793]		none	Pashtun
Higher Education	Sarwar Danish [704] (acting)	18 January 2010 – 9 March 2012		pro-Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat pro-Khalili	Hazara (Daykundi)
	Obaidullah Obaid [797]	9 March 2012 – 1 December 2014 [798]		pro-Hezb-e Islami [729] pro-Sabawoon	Tajik (Kabul)
	Muhammad Osman Baburi [799] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		none	Turkmen
Commerce and Industry	Ghulam Mohammad Yelaqi [545] (acting)	18 January – 30 June 2010		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Hezb-e Wahdat pro-Mohaqiq	Hazara (Balkh)
	Anwar ul-Haq Ahady [705]	30 June 2010 – 28 October 2013 [763]		pro-Western technocrat Afghan Mellat	Pashtun (Kabul)
	Mohammad Shakir Kargar [638]	28 October 2013 – 11 December 2014 [755]		Northern Alliance pro-Junbish-e Milli pro-Dostum	Uzbek (Faryab)
	Mozammil Shinwari [800] (acting)	11 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun
Energy and Water	Ismail Khan [719]	18 January 2010 – 28 October 2013 [801]		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami	Tajik (Herat)
	Mohammad Arif Noorzai [650]	28 October 2013 – 1 December 2014 [755]		Northern Alliance pro-Karzai pro-Ittehad-e Islami	Pashtun (Kandahar)
	Ghulam Farooq Qarizada [802] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		unknown	unknown
Transportation and Civil Aviation	Mohammadullah Batash [803] (acting)	18 January – 30 June 2010		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Junbish-e Milli pro-Dostum	Uzbek (Kunduz)
	Daud Ali Najafi [804]	30 June 2010 – 1 December 2014 [801]		pro-Karzai [747]	Hazara (Ghazni) [805]
	Ghulam Ali Rasukh [806] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		unknown	unknown
Public Works	Suhrab Ali Safari [715] (acting)	18 January 2010 – 30 June 2010		pro-Western technocrat	Hazara (Wardak)
	Abdul Qudoos Hamidi [807]	30 June 2010 – 9 March 2012 [763]		none [808]	Uzbek (Jowzjan)
	Najibullah Awzhang [809]	9 March 2012 – 1 December 2014 [798]		none	Pashtun (Ghazni) [747]
	Nurgul Mangal [810] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		unknown	unknown
Women's Affairs	Husn Banu Ghazanfar [738]	18 January 2010 – 11 December 2014 [801]		none	Uzbek (Balkh)
	Sayeda Mujgan Mustafawi [811] (acting)	11 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		none	Hazara
Hajj and Religious Affairs	Yusuf Niazi [812]	18 January 2010 – 1 December 2014		none	Pashtun (Nangarhar)
	Daee-ul-Haq Abed [813] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		unknown	unknown
Public Health	Suraya Dalil	18 January 2010 – 1 December 2014 [801]		none [814]	Uzbek (Kabul)
	Ahmad Jan Naim [815] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		unknown	unknown
Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock	Mohammad Asif Rahimi	18 January 2010 – 1 December 2014		pro-Western technocrat	Tajik (Kabul)
	Salim Khan Kunduzi (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		none	Pashtun (Kunduz)
Communications and IT	Amirzai Sangin [717]	18 January 2010 – 1 December 2014 [801]		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Paktika)
	Baryalai Hassam [816] [793] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		pro-Western technocrat	Tajik (Badakhshan)
Rural Rehabilitation and Development	Jarullah Mansouri [817]	18 January 2010 – 9 March 2012		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Fahim [784]	Tajik (Takhar)
	Wais Ahmad Barmak [818]	9 March 2012 – 1 December 2014 [798]		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Fahim	Tajik (Panjshir)
	Tareq Osmani (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		unknown	unknown
Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled	Amina Afzali [721]	18 January 2010 – 1 December 2014		pro-Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami	Tajik (Herat)
	Wasel Nur Mohmand [819] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		unknown	Pashtun
Borders, Nations and Tribal Affairs	Arsala Jamal [820] (acting)	18 January – 30 June 2010		pro-Western technocrat pro-Hezb-e Islami [648]	Pashtun (Paktika)
	Asadullah Khalid [724]	30 June 2010 – 15 September 2012 [763]		Northern Alliance Ittehad-e Islami pro-Sayyaf [725] pro-Karzai	Pashtun (Ghazni)
	vacant [821]	15 September 2012 – 10 July 2013
	Mohammad Akram Khpalwak [822]	10 July 2013 – 1 December 2014 [823]		pro-Hezb-e Islami pro-Karzai [824]	Pashtun
	Sayed Ahmad Haqbin [825] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami	Sunni Sayyid (Kapisa)
Urban Development Affairs	Sultan Hussein Hesari [826] [784] (acting)	18 January 2010 – 9 March 2012		pro-Western technocrat	Hazara [827] (Kabul)
	Mirza Hussain Abdullahi [828]	9 March 2012 – 1 December 2014 [798]		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Hezb-e Wahdat pro-Mohaqiq	Hazara (Ghazni)
	Hamed Jalil (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		unknown	unknown
Counter Narcotics	Zarar Ahmad Osmani [703]	18 January 2010 – 28 October 2013		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Karzai	Tajik (Parwan)
	Din Mohammad Mobariz Rashidi [829]	28 October 2013 – 1 December 2014 [755]		Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat	Shiite (Sar-e-Pol)
	Haroon Rashid Sherzad [830] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Nangarhar)
Refugees and Repatriates Affairs	Abdul Rahim Sayed Jan [647] (acting)	18 January – 30 June 2010		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami pro-Rabbani	Tajik (Badakhshan)
	Jamahir Anwari	30 June 2010 – 1 December 2014 [763]		none [805]	Turkmen (Faryab)
	Fazl Ahmad Azimi [831] (acting)	1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015		unknown	unknown

First Ghani cabinet (2015–2020)

Main article: Ghani cabinet § First tenure cabinet formation (2014–2020)

National Unity Government

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation		Origin
Role
President	Ashraf Ghani [678]	1 February 2015 – 9 March 2020		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Logar)
CEO	Abdullah Abdullah [634]	1 February 2015 – 9 March 2020		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
First Vice President	Abdul Rashid Dostum [753]	1 February 2015 – 9 March 2020		Northern Alliance Junbish-e Milli	Uzbek (Jowzjan)
Second Vice President	Sarwar Danish [704]	1 February 2015 – 9 March 2020		pro-Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat pro-Khalili	Hazara (Daykundi)
First Deputy CEO	Mohammad Khan [754]	1 February 2015 – 9 March 2020		Hezb-e Islami	Pashtun (Ghazni)
Second Deputy CEO	Mohammad Mohaqiq [639]	1 February 2015 – 24 January 2019 [832]		Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat	Hazara (Balkh)
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Salahuddin Rabbani (acting) [833]	1 February 2015 – 23 October 2019		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami pro–Rabbani pro–Abdullah	Tajik (Badakhshan)
	vacant [834]	23 – 30 October 2019
	Idrees Zaman [835] (acting)	30 October 2019 – 22 January 2020 [836]		unknown	Pashtun
	Haroon Chakhansuri [837] (acting)	22 January – 9 March 2020 [838]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Nimruz)
Defense	Enayatullah Nazari (acting)	1 February – 24 May 2015		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Fahim	Tajik (Parwan)
	Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai [839] (acting)	24 May 2015 – 5 May 2016		pro-Western technocrat pro-Karzai pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Logar)
	Abdullah Khan Habibi [840]	5 May 2016 – 24 April 2017 [841]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Kunar)
	Tariq Shah Bahramee [842]	24 April 2017 – 23 December 2018 [843] [844]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Laghman)
	Asadullah Khalid [724] (acting)	23 December 2018 – 9 March 2020 [845]		Northern Alliance Ittehad-e Islami pro-Sayyaf pro-Karzai	Pashtun (Ghazni)
Interior	Nur ul-Haq Ulumi [846]	1 February 2015 – 6 February 2016		pro-Northern Alliance Jabha-ye Milli pro-Parcham pro–Abdullah	Pashtun (Kandahar)
	vacant	6 – 24 February 2016
	Taj Mohammad Jahed [847]	24 February 2016 – 14 August 2017 [848]		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Fahim [849]	Tajik (Panjshir)
	Wais Ahmad Barmak [818]	14 August 2017 – 23 December 2018 [850] [844]		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Fahim	Tajik (Panjshir)
	Amrullah Saleh (acting)	23 December 2018 – 19 January 2019 [845]		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
	vacant [851]	19 January – 11 February 2019
	Massoud Andarabi [852] (acting)	11 February 2019 – 9 March 2020 [853]		pro-Abdullah	Tajik (Baghlan)
NDS [30]	Rahmatullah Nabil [773]	1 February – 10 December 2015		pro-Karzai pro-Ibrahim pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Wardak)
	vacant	10 – 11 December 2015
	Massoud Andarabi [852] (acting)	11 December 2015 – 5 May 2016		pro-Abdullah	Tajik (Baghlan)
	Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai [839] (acting)	5 May 2016 – 5 September 2019 [841]		pro-Western technocrat pro-Karzai pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Logar)
	vacant [854]	5 – 11 September 2019
	Ahmad Zia Saraj [855] (acting)	11 September 2019 – 9 March 2020 [856]		pro-Western technocrat	Tajik (Kapisa)
Finance	Eklil Ahmad Hakimi [857]	1 February 2015 – 26 June 2018		pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Laghman)
	vacant [858]	26 June – 18 July 2018
	Humayoun Qayoumi [859] (acting)	18 July 2018 – 9 March 2020 [860]		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Kabul)
Justice	Sayed Yousuf Halim [785] (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		none	Sunni Sayyid (Nangarhar)
	Abdul Basir Anwar [861]	21 April 2015 – 9 March 2020		pro–Abdullah	Tajik (Parwan)
other ministries
Mines	Daud Shah Saba [862]	1 February 2015 – 28 March 2016		pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Herat)
	vacant	28 March – 16 April 2016
	Ghazal Habibyar Safi [863] (acting)	16 April 2016 – 1 April 2017 [864]		unknown	unknown
	Nargis Nehan [865] (acting) [866]	1 April 2017 – 9 March 2020 [867]		unknown	Hazara (Kabul)
Economy	Hakim Khan Habibi [789] (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Logar)
	Abdul Sattar Murad [868]	21 April 2015 – 7 August 2017		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami pro–Abdullah	Tajik (Parwan)
	Mohammad Mustafa Mastoor [783]	7 August 2017 – 9 March 2020 [869] [844]		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Abdullah	Tajik (Panjshir)
Information and Culture	Sayed Mossadeq Khalili [791] (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		pro-Western technocrat	Shiite Sayyid
	Abdul Bari Jahani [870]	21 April 2015 – 7 November 2016		pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Kandahar)
	Kamal Sadat [871] (acting)	7 November 2016 – after 6 March 2017 [872] [873]		pro-Ghani	Sunni Sayyid (Kunar)
	various caretaker ministers [874]	after 6 March 2017 – 25 June 2018 [875]
	Hasina Safi [876] (acting)	25 June 2018 – 9 March 2020 [877]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Laghman)
Education	Mohammad Shafiq Samim [795] (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		none	Pashtun
	Assadullah Hanif Balkhi [878] (acting) [833]	21 April 2015 – 25 March 2018		pro–Abdullah	Tajik (Balkh)
	Mirwais Balkhi [879] (acting)	25 March 2018 – 9 March 2020 [880]		unknown	Tajik (Balkh)
Higher Education	Muhammad Osman Baburi [799] (acting)	1 February – after 17 March 2015		none	Turkmen
	Bari Sediqi [881] (acting)	after 17 March 2015 – 21 April 2015		unknown	unknown
	Farida Momand [882] (acting) [833]	21 April 2015 – 22 June 2017		pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Nangarhar)
	Abdul Latif Roshan [883] (acting)	22 June – 22 November 2017 [884]		pro–Ghani	Tajik
	Najibullah Khwaja Omari [885]	22 November 2017 – 25 May 2019 [886] [844]		pro–Ghani	Hazara (Ghazni)
	Abdul Tawab Balakarzai [887] (acting)	25 May 2019 – 9 March 2020 [888]		unknown	Pashtun
Commerce and Industry	Mozammil Shinwari [800] (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun
	Humayoon Rasaw [889]	21 April 2015 – 9 March 2020		pro–Abdullah	Hazara (Ghazni)
Energy and Water	Ghulam Farooq Qarizada [802] (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		unknown	unknown
	Ali Ahmad Osmani	21 April 2015 – 9 June 2018		pro–Abdullah	Tajik (Herat)
	Mohammad Gul Khulmi (acting)	9 June 2018 – 24 May 2019 [890]		unknown	Tajik (Samangan)
	Tahir Sharan [891] (acting)	24 May 2019 – 26 January 2020 [892]		unknown	Hazara
	Khan Mohammad Takal [893] (acting)	26 January – 19 February 2020 [894]		unknown	Pashtun
	was dissolved on 19 February 2020 [895]
Transportation and Civil Aviation	Ghulam Ali Rasukh [806] (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		unknown	unknown
	Mohammadullah Batash [803] (acting) [833]	21 April 2015 – 25 July 2017		pro-Northern Alliance pro-Junbish-e Milli pro-Dostum pro-Ghani	Uzbek (Kunduz)
	Mohammad Hamid Tahmasi [896]	25 July 2017 – 29 January 2020 [897] [844]		pro–Ghani	Hazara (Ghazni)
	Mohammad Yama Shams [898] (acting)	29 January – 9 March 2020 [899]		unknown	Pashtun (Kabul)
Public Works	Nurgul Mangal [810] (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		unknown	unknown
	Mahmoud Baligh [900] (acting) [833]	21 April 2015 – 7 August 2017		pro–Ghani	Hazara (Daykundi)
	Yama Yari	7 August 2017 – 9 March 2020 [869] [844]		pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Herat)
Women's Affairs	Sayeda Mujgan Mustafawi [811] (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		none	Hazara
	Delbar Nazari [901]	21 April 2015 – 9 March 2020		pro–Abdullah	Uzbek (Balkh)
Hajj and Religious Affairs	Faiz Mohammad Osmani [902]	1 February 2015 – 9 March 2020		pro–Ghani	Turkmen (Kunduz)
Public Health	Ferozuddin Feroz [903]	1 February 2015 – 9 March 2020		pro–Abdullah	Tajik (Panjshir)
Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock	Salim Khan Kunduzi (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		none	Pashtun (Kunduz)
	Assadullah Zamir	21 April 2015 – 21 September 2017		pro–Ghani	Tajik (Kabul)
	Nasir Ahmad Durrani [904]	21 September 2017 – 9 March 2020 [905] [844]		pro–Abdullah	Pashtun (Logar)
Communications and IT	Baryalai Hassam [816] (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		pro-Western technocrat	Tajik (Badakhshan)
	Abdul Razaq Wahidi [906] (acting) [833]	21 April 2015 – 2 January 2017		pro–Abdullah	Hazara (Kabul)
	vacant	2 – 8 January 2017
	Sayed Ahmad Shah Sadaat [907] (acting)	8 January – 7 August 2017 [908]		pro-Western technocrat	Sunni Sayyid (Nangarhar) [909]
	Shahzad Gul Aryoubi [910]	7 August 2017 – 24 May 2019 [869] [844]		unknown	Pashtun (Khost)
	Fahim Hashimi [911] (acting)	24 May 2019 – 9 March 2020 [912]		pro–Abdullah	Hazara (Kabul)
Rural Rehabilitation and Development	Nasir Ahmad Durrani [904]	1 February 2015 – 21 September 2017		pro–Abdullah	Pashtun (Logar)
	Mujib Rahman Karimi [913]	21 September 2017 – 9 March 2020 [905] [844]		pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Khost)
Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled/ Labor and Social Affairs [914]	Wasel Nur Mohmand [819] (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		unknown	Pashtun
	Nasrin Oryakhil [915] (acting) [833]	21 April 2015 – 1 May 2017		pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Kabul)
	Faizullah Zaki	1 May 2017 – 9 March 2020 [916] [844]		pro-Dostum pro-Ghani	Uzbek (Jowzjan)
Borders, Nations and Tribal Affairs	Sayed Ahmad Haqbin [825] (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		Northern Alliance Jamiat-e Islami	Sunni Sayyid (Kapisa)
	Mohammad Gulab Mangal [917]	21 April 2015 – 16 October 2016		pro-PDPA pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Paktia)
	vacant	16 October 2016 – 26 May 2017
	Abdul Ghafoor Liwal [918] (acting)	26 May – 25 July 2017 [919]		pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Kabul)
	Gul Agha Sherzai [685]	25 July 2017 – 9 March 2020 [897] [844]		pro–Karzai pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Urban Development Affairs	Hamed Jalil (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		unknown	unknown
	Sadat Mansoor Naderi [920]	21 April 2015 – 13 June 2018		pro-Western technocrat pro–Ghani	Shiite Sayyid (Baghlan)
	Roshaan Wolusmal [921] (acting)	13 June – 2 December 2018 [922]		unknown	Pashtun
	Mohammad Jawad Paikar [923] (acting)	2 December 2018 – 9 March 2020 [924]		unknown	Pashtun
Counter Narcotics	Haroon Rashid Sherzad [830] (acting)	1 February – 21 April 2015		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Nangarhar)
	Salamat Azimi	21 April 2015 – 27 January 2019		pro–Ghani	Uzbek [925] (Faryab)
	was merged into the Ministry of Interior on 27 January 2019 [895]
Refugees and Repatriates Affairs	Alami Balkhi [533]	1 February 2015 – 9 March 2020		Northern Alliance pro–Qanuni pro–Abdullah pro–Karzai [926]	Shiite Sayyid (Balkh)
Central Bank [30]	Khan Afzal Hadawal [773] (acting)	1 February – 8 July 2015		none	Pashtun
	Khalilullah Sediq [927]	8 July 2015 – 9 March 2020		pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Logar)

Second Ghani cabinet (2020–2021)

Main article: Ghani cabinet § Second tenure cabinet formation (2020–2021)

National Unity Government

Portfolio	Name	Year(s)	Affiliation		Origin
Role
President	Ashraf Ghani [678]	9 March 2020 – 15 August 2021		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Logar)
First Vice President	Amrullah Saleh	9 March 2020 – 15 August 2021		Northern Alliance pro-Jamiat-e Islami pro-Massoud	Tajik (Panjshir)
Second Vice President	Sarwar Danish [704]	9 March 2020 – 15 August 2021		pro-Northern Alliance Hezb-e Wahdat pro-Khalili	Hazara (Daykundi)
Key ministries
Foreign Affairs	Haroon Chakhansuri [837] (acting)	9 March 2020 – 4 April 2020		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Nimruz)
	Haneef Atmar [687]	4 April 2020 – 15 August 2021 [928] [929]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Laghman)
Defense	Asadullah Khalid [724]	9 March 2020 – 19 March 2021 [930] [929]		unknown	Pashtun (Ghazni)
	Yasin Zia [931] (caretaker) [932]	19 March – 24 May 2021 [933]		unknown	Tajik (Takhar)
	Asadullah Khalid [724]	24 May – 19 June 2021 [934]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Ghazni)
	Bismillah Khan Mohammadi [760] (acting)	19 June – 15 August 2021 [935]		unknown	Tajik (Panjshir)
Interior	Massoud Andarabi [852]	9 March 2020 – 19 March 2021 [930] [929]		pro-Abdullah	Tajik (Baghlan)
	Hayatullah Hayat (acting)	19 March – 19 June 2021 [933]		unknown	Pashtun (Nangarhar) [936]
	Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal [937] (acting)	19 June – 15 August 2021 [935]		unknown	Pashtun (Paktia)
NDS [30]	Ahmad Zia Saraj [855]	9 March 2020 – 15 August 2021 [938] [939]		unknown	Tajik (Kapisa)
Finance	Humayoun Qayoumi [859] (acting)	9 – 31 March 2020		pro-Western technocrat	Pashtun (Kabul)
	Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal [558]	31 March 2020 – 23 January 2021 [940] [929]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Kabul)
	Khalid Payenda [941] (acting)	23 January – 10 August 2021 [942]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun
	Alam Shah Ibrahimi (caretaker)	10 – 15 August 2021 [943]		unknown	unknown
Justice	Abdul Basir Anwar [861] (acting)	9 March – 31 August 2020		pro–Abdullah	Tajik (Parwan)
	Fazel Ahmed Manawi [944]	31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021 [945] [929]		pro-Abdullah	Tajik (Panjshir)
other ministries
Mines	Nargis Nehan [865] (acting)	9 March – 11 June 2020		unknown	Hazara (Kabul)
	Haroon Chakhansuri [837]	11 June 2020 – 15 August 2021 [946] [939]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Nimruz)
Economy	Mohammad Mustafa Mastoor [783] (acting)	9 March – 14 September 2020 [947]		pro–Abdullah	Tajik (Panjshir)
	Karima Hamed Faryabi [948]	14 September 2020 – 15 August 2021 [949] [950]		pro–Abdullah	Uzbek (Faryab)
Information and Culture	Hasina Safi [876] (acting)	9 March – 9 June 2020		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Laghman)
	Tahir Zuhair [951] (acting) [952]	9 June 2020 – 15 August 2021 [953] [954]		pro-Ghani	Hazara (Samangan)
Education	Mirwais Balkhi [879] (acting)	9 March – 10 June 2020		unknown	Tajik (Balkh)
	Rangina Hamidi [955] (acting) [956]	10 June 2020 – 15 August 2021 [946]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Higher Education	Abdul Tawab Balakarzai [887] (acting)	9 March – 31 August 2020		unknown	Pashtun
	Abas Basir [957]	31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021 [945] [929]		pro-Abdullah	Hazara (Ghazni)
Commerce and Industry	Humayoon Rasaw [889] (acting)	9 March – 31 August 2020		pro–Abdullah	Hazara (Ghazni)
	Nisar Ahmad Ghoryani [958]	31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021 [945] [929]		pro-Abdullah	Tajik (Herat)
Transportation and Civil Aviation	Mohammad Yama Shams [898] (acting)	9 March – 31 August 2020		unknown	Pashtun (Kabul)
	Qudratullah Zaki	31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021 [945] [939]		pro-Abdullah	Uzbek (Takhar)
Public Works	Yama Yari (acting)	9 March – 16 June 2020		pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Herat)
	Mohammad Yama Shams [898] (acting)	16 June – 6 October 2020 [895] [959]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Kabul)
	Najibullah Yamin [960]	6 October 2020 – 15 August 2021 [961] [939]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Logar)
Women's Affairs	Delbar Nazari [901] (acting)	9 March – 18 May 2020		pro-Abdullah	Uzbek (Balkh)
	Hasina Safi [876] (acting) [952]	18 May 2020 – 15 August 2021 [962]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Laghman)
Hajj and Religious Affairs	Faiz Mohammad Osmani [902] (acting)	9 March – 6 August 2020		pro–Ghani	Turkmen (Kunduz)
	Mohammad Qasim Halimi [963]	6 August 2020 – 15 August 2021 [964] [929]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Logar)
Public Health	Ferozuddin Feroz [903] (acting)	9 March – 31 May 2020		pro–Abdullah	Tajik (Panjshir)
	Ahmad Jawed Osmani [965]	31 May – 31 December 2020 [966] [950]		pro-Ghani	Tajik (Balkh)
	vacant [967]	31 December 2020 – 29 January 2021 [968] [969]
	Wahid Majrooh [970] (acting)	29 January – 15 August 2021 [971]		unknown	Pashtun (Herat)
Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock	Nasir Ahmad Durrani [904] (acting)	9 March – 31 August 2020		pro–Abdullah	Pashtun (Logar)
	Anwar ul-Haq Ahady [705]	31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021 [945] [939]		pro-Abdullah	Pashtun (Kabul)
Communications and IT	Fahim Hashimi [911] (acting)	9 March 2020 – 15 August 2021		unknown	Hazara (Kabul)
	Masooma Khawari [972]	31 August 2020 [945] [929]		pro-Abdullah	Hazara (Samangan)
Rural Rehabilitation and Development	Mujib Rahman Karimi [913] (acting) [956]	9 March – 15 August 2021 [973] [974]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Khost)
Labor and Social Affairs	Faizullah Zaki (acting)	9 March – 31 August 2020		pro-Ghani pro-Dostum	Uzbek (Jowzjan)
	Bashir Ahmad Tahyanj [975]	31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021 [945] [929]		pro-Abdullah	Uzbek (Faryab)
Martyrs and Disabled Affairs	was re-established on 25 January 2021 [895]
	Hamidullah Farooqi [976]	25 January – 15 August 2021 [977]		pro-Ghani [978]	Pashtun (Herat)
Borders, Nations and Tribal Affairs	Gul Agha Sherzai [685] (acting)	9 March – 31 August 2020		pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Kandahar)
	Mohibullah Samim [979]	31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021 [945] [950]		pro-Abdullah	Pashtun (Ghazni)
Urban Development Affairs	Mohammad Jawad Paikar [923] (acting)	9 March – 1 June 2020		unknown	Pashtun
	Mahmud Karzai [980]	1 June 2020 – 15 August 2021 [981] [939]		pro-Ghani	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Refugees and Repatriates Affairs	Alami Balkhi [533] (acting)	9 March – 31 August 2020		pro–Abdullah	Shiite Sayyid (Balkh)
	Noor Rahman Akhlaqi [982]	31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021 [945] [939]		pro-Abdullah	Tajik (Baghlan)
Central Bank [30]	Khalilullah Sediq [927] (acting)	9 March 2020 – 3 June 2020		pro–Ghani	Pashtun (Logar)
	Ajmal Ahmady [983] (acting) [956]	3 June 2020 – 15 August 2021 [984]		pro-Ghani	Tajik (Ghazni)

Islamic Emirate (2021–present)

Post-Republic transitional government (2021)

On the first days of the new regime, tentative nominations to the cabinet were announced until late August 2021, ^{[985] [986] [987]} including the acting ministers of Public Works, ^[988] Water and Energy, Education and the acting Head of the Central Bank among other high-ranking officials. ^[989] 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. ^[990]

Taliban transitional cabinet

Portfolio	Name	Years	Affiliation		Origin
Role
Key ministries
Defense	Abdul Qayyum Zakir	24 August – 7 September 2021 [991] [992]		Taliban	Pashtun (Helmand)
Interior	Ibrahim Sadr [993]	24 August – 7 September 2021 [992]		Taliban	Pashtun (Helmand)
Intelligence [30]	Rahmatullah Najib	24 August – 7 September 2021 [992]		Taliban	Pashtun (Paktia)
Finance	Gul Agha Ishakzai [994]	24 August – 7 September 2021 [987] [992]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
other ministries
Central Bank [30]	Haji Mohammad Idris	23 August – 7 September 2021 [987] [995]		Taliban	Uzbek (Jowzjan)
Education	Hemat Akhundzada	23 August – 7 September 2021 [989] [996]		Taliban	Pashtun
Higher Education	Abdul Baqi Haqqani	24 August – 7 September 2021 [997] [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Nangarhar)
Public Works	Bakht-ur-Rehman Sharafat	21 August – 7 September 2021 [998]		Taliban	Pashtun (Zabul)
Public Health	Wahid Majrooh [970]	15 August – 7 September 2021 [990]		none	Pashtun (Herat)
Water and Energy	unknown	22 August – 7 September 2021 [999]

Akhund caretaker cabinet (2021–)

Main article: Akhund cabinet

On 7 September 2021, a men-only "caretaker cabinet" ^[1000] was appointed by Akhundzada, headed by Hasan Akhund as Prime Minister. ^{[1001] [1002]} The Ministry of Women's Affairs was abolished. ^[1002] This was followed by three more major rounds of appointments on 21 September, ^[1003] 4 October ^{[1004] [1005]} and 23 November 2021. ^[1006] Among those were the nominations of two Taliban veterans as deputy ministers. ^[1007]

Akhund cabinet ^{[1008] [1009] [1005]}

Portfolio	Name	Years	Affiliation		Origin
Role
Prime Minister	Hasan Akhund [578]	7 September 2021 – 17 May 2023 [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
	Abdul Kabir [577] (caretaker) [1010]	17 May – 17 July 2023 [1011] [1012]		Taliban	Pashtun (Paktika) [1013]
	Hasan Akhund [578]	17 July 2023 – present [1014] [1015]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
First Deputy Prime Minister	Abdul Ghani Baradar	7 September 2021 – present [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Uruzgan)
Second Deputy Prime Minister	Abdul Salam Hanafi	7 September 2021 – present [987]		Taliban	Uzbek (Jowzjan)
Third Deputy Prime Minister	Abdul Kabir	4 October 2021 – 10 January 2025 [1004]		Taliban	Pashtun (Paktika) [1013]
Key ministries
Defense	Mullah Yaqoob [987]	7 September 2021 – present		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Foreign Affairs	Amir Khan Muttaqi	7 September 2021 – present [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Paktia)
Interior	Sirajuddin Haqqani	7 September 2021 – present [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Paktia)
Intelligence [30]	Abdul Haq Wasiq	7 September 2021 – present [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Ghazni)
Justice	Abdul Hakim Haqqani [1016]	7 September 2021 – present [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Finance	Gul Agha Ishakzai [994]	7 September 2021 – 30 May 2023 [987] [992]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
	Nasir Akhund	30 May 2023 – present		Taliban	Pashtun (Ghazni) [1017]
other ministries
Commerce and Industry	vacant	7 – 21 September 2021
	Nooruddin Azizi	21 September 2021 – present [1018] [967]		Taliban	Tajik (Panjshir) [967]
Mines and Petroleum	Mohammed Isa Akhund [1019]	7 September – 23 November 2021 [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
	Shahabuddin Delawar	23 November 2021 – 7 July 2024 [1020] [1006]		Taliban	Pashtun (Logar)
	Gul Agha Ishakzai [994]	7 July 2024 – present [1021]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Economy	Din Mohammad Hanif	7 September 2021 – present [987]		Taliban	Tajik (Badakhshan)
Central Bank [30]	Haji Mohammad Idris	7 September – 8 October 2021 [987] [995]		Taliban	Pashtun (Jowzjan) [1022]
	Shakir Jalali	8 October 2021 – 22 March 2023 [1023]		pro-Taliban	unknown
	Gul Agha Ishakzai [994]	22 March 2023 – 7 July 2024 [1024]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
	Noor Ahmad Agha [1025]	7 July 2024 – present [1021]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Education	Noorullah Munir	7 September 2021 – 21 September 2022 [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Ghazni) [1026]
	Habibullah Agha	21 September 2022 – present [1027]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Higher Education	Abdul Baqi Haqqani	7 September – 18 October 2022 [997] [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Nangarhar)
	Neda Mohammad	18 October 2022 – present [1028]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Public Works	Abdul Manan Omari	7 September 2021 – 23 January 2023 [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar) [1029]
	Mohammed Isa Akhund [1019]	23 January 2023 – present [1030]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Urban Development and Housing	unknown	7 September 2021 – 15 January 2023
	Hamdullah Nomani [1031]	15 January 2023 – 29 June 2025 [1032]		Taliban	Baloch (Ghazni)
	Najibullah Haqqani	29 June 2025 – present [1033]		Taliban
Rural Rehabilitation and Development	Mohammad Younus Akhundzada	7 September 2021 – present [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Public Health	Wahid Majrooh [970]	7 – 21 September 2021 [990]		none	Pashtun (Herat)
	Qalandar Ibad	21 September 2021 – 28 May 2024 [967]		Taliban	Pashtun (Paktika)
	Noor Jalal	28 May 2024 – present [1034]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kunar)
Communications and IT	Najibullah Haqqani	7 September 2021 – 29 June 2025 [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kunar)
	Hamdullah Nomani [1031]	29 June 2025 – present [1033]		Taliban	Baloch (Ghazni)
Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock	vacant	7 – 22 September 2021
	Abdul Rahman Rashid	22 September 2021 – present [1035]		Taliban pro-Haqqani network	Uzbek [1036]
Water and Energy	Abdul Latif Mansoor	7 September 2021 – present [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Paktia)
Information and Culture	Khairullah Khairkhwa	7 September 2021 – present [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kandahar)
Borders and Tribal Affairs	Noorullah Noori	7 September 2021 – present [987]		Taliban	Pashtun [1037] (Zabul)
Refugee and Repatriation	Khalil Haqqani	7 September 2021 – 11 December 2024 [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Paktia)
	vacant	11 December 2024 – 10 January 2025
	Abdul Kabir	10 January 2025 – present [1038]		Taliban	Pashtun (Paktika) [1013]
Labor and Social Affairs	vacant	7 September 2021 – 4 March 2022
	Abdul Wali	4 March 2022 – present [1039]		Taliban	unknown
Martyrs and Disabled Affairs	vacant	7 September – 4 October 2021
	Abdul Majeed Akhund	4 October 2021 – present [1040] [1004]		Taliban	Pashtun
Transport and Civil Aviation	Hamidullah Akhundzada	7 September 2021 – present [1041] [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Helmand) [1042]
Hajj and Religious Affairs	Noor Mohammad Saqib	7 September 2021 – present [987]		Taliban	Pashtun (Kabul)
Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice	Sheikh Mohammad Khalid	7 September 2021 – present [987] [1001] [1043]		Taliban	Nuristani (Nuristan)
Disaster Management	was not a ministry until 23 November 2021
	Mohammad Abbas Akhund	23 November 2021 – 7 July 2024 [1020] [1006]		Taliban	Pashtun (Uruzgan) [1044]
	Nooruddin Turabi	7 July 2024 – present [1021]		Taliban	Pashtun (Uruzgan) [1045]

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11. Adamec, Ludwig W. (1975). Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN   978-3-201-00921-8.
12. alternative name(s): Sardar Abdul Quddus Khan, Abdul Quddus Etemadi, Abdul Quddus.
13. Adamec, Ludwig W. (1975). Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN   978-3-201-00921-8.
14. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
15. "Afghanistan Ministers". Archived from the original on 15 February 2004.
16. alternative name(s): (Sardar) Shir Ahmad, Shir Ahmad Sura-i-Milli.
17. some sources say Shir Ahmad Khan assumed office in September 1928: .
18. 1 2 alternative name(s): Sirdar-i-‘Ala’ Mahmud Beg Khan Tarzi.
19. alternative name(s): Muhammad Wali, Sirdar-i-‘Ala’ Muhammad Wali Khan.
20. alternative name(s): Ghulam Siddiq Charkhi, Sirdar-i-‘Ala’ Gulam Siddiq Khan.
21. League of Nations: Afghanistan Ministers
22. alternative name(s): Muhammad Nadir, Mohammad Nadir Shah.
23. alternative name(s): Muhammad Hashim Khan, Muhammad Hashim.
24. alternative name(s): Ali Ahmad Loinab.
25. alternative name(s): Abdul Ahad.
26. alternative name(s): Abdul Hadi Dawai.
27. alternative name(s): Ali Mohammad Khan.
28. alternative name(s): Faiz Muhammad; titles Sardar and Haji, multiple spellings of Zikeria, including Zakaria, Zakria and Zikria, and Mohammad, including Muhammad.
29. Superintendency with the rank of a ministry. The head of the superintendency is called the Superintendant.
30. (General) Directorate with the rank of ministry, not a proper ministry. The head of the directorate is called the Director (General) (or sometimes Governor in the case of the Central Bank).
31. alternative name(s): (Eng.) Muhammad Kabir Ludin, Muhammad Kabir Lodin, Muhammad Kabir.
32. Muḥammad, Fayz̤; McChesney, R. D. (1999). Kabul under siege: Fayz Muhammad's account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. pp. 55–56. ISBN   9781558761544.
33. Muḥammad, Fayz̤; McChesney, R. D. (1999). Kabul under siege: Fayz Muhammad's account of the 1929 Uprising. Markus Wiener Publishers. pp. 57–58. ISBN   9781558761544.
34. It is not clear whether a Prime Minister actually existed in the Saqqawist regime or not. Even though the Indiana University Bloomington called Shir Giyan Prime Minister during that time, neither this role nor the name Shir Giyan have ever been specified in any other source. It is more likely that the role of Minister of Court, which according to Muhammad & McChesney (1999) was held by an individual named Shayr Jan, has been misinterpreted as being the Prime Minister of the Saqqawist government.
35. There are contradictory claims by Muhammad & McChesney (1999) that there also was a Ministry of War distinct from the Ministry of Defense and that Muhammad Mahfuz was the Minister of War, but in the same book it is said that Mahfuz was Deputy Minister of War. Because later in another chapter the title wazir-i jang is translated as "minister of defense" even though literally meaning "minister of war", it is likely that the Ministry of Defense and Ministry of War are the same ministry, of which Mahfuz was the Deputy Minister.
36. until
37. 1 2 3 4 alternative name(s): Shah Mahmud Ghazi, Shah Mahmud, Shah Mahmoud Khan.
38. alternative name(s): Muhammad Gul Khan, Muhammad Gul Momand.
39. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
40. alternative name(s): General Abdul Rahim, Abdul Rahim Kohistani Safi.
41. alternative name(s): Ghulam Faruq Osman.
42. alternative name(s): Abdul Majid.
43. alternative name(s): Ghulam Yahya Khan Tarzi.
44. Presidency with the rank of a Ministry.
45. Director until 1934, President and Minister since 1934)
46. alternative name(s): Ghulam Muhammad Shirzad.
47. Edwards, David B. (9 May 2017). Caravan of Martyrs: Sacrifice and Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan. Univ of California Press. pp. 32–33. ISBN   978-0-520-29479-0.
48. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
49. alternative name(s): General Asadullah Seraj.
50. alternative name(s): (General, Sardar) Muhammad Daud.
51. some sources say Shah Mahmud Khan was Defense Minister from 1929 until 1947.
52. alternative name(s): General Muhammad Umar.
53. alternative name(s): Mir Muhammad Haidar.
54. alternative name(s): Dr. Najibullah Torwayana, Najib Ullah.
55. alternative name(s): Dr. Abdul Majid.
56. some sources say Ghulam Yahya Tarzi was Information Minister from 1945 until 1948.
57. some sources say Mir Muhammad Yusuf was Information Minister from 1937 until 1948.
58. alternative name(s): Said Qassim Rishtya, (Sayed) Qassem Reshtia.
59. some sources say Salahuddin Sajuqi was Press President from 1939 until 1947.
60. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
61. on 7 September 1953, King Mohammad Zahir Shah asked Mohammad Daoud Khan to form a new cabinet, which started acting on 20 September 1953.
62. some sources say Ali Muhammad Khan was Foreign Minister from 1939 until 1952.
63. alternative name(s): Sultan Mohammad, Sultan Ahmed Sherzai.
64. some sources say Sultan Ahmad Khan Sherzoy was Foreign Minister from 1952 until 1953.
65. some sources say Muhammad Umar was Defense Minister from 1948 until 1952.
66. some sources say Muhammad Aref was Defense Minister from 1952 until 1958.
67. alternative name(s): General Abdul Ahad Malikyar.
68. some sources say Mohammad Daoud Khan was Interior Minister from 1949 until 1951.
69. alternative name(s): Mir Sayyid Kasim.
70. some sources say Muhammad Nauruz was Finance Minister from 1950 until 1952.
71. some sources say Ghulam Yahya Tarzi was Finance Minister from 1952 until 1954.
72. some sources say Abdul Majid Zabuli was National Economy Minister from 1938 until 1951.
73. some sources say Faiz Mohammad Khan Zikeria was Education Minister from 1950 until 1952.
74. alternative name(s): Eng. Muhammad Akram Parwanta, Muhammad Akram.
75. some sources say Muhammad Naim was Public Works Minister from 1950 until 1952.
76. alternative name(s): Dr. Ghulam Faruq.
77. alternative name(s): Muhammad Hashim Maywandmal, Muhammad Hashem Maiwandwal.
78. alternative name(s): Sayyid Shamsuddin Majrooh, Shamsuddin Majruh.
79. Adamec, Ludwig W. (1975). Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan. Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt. ISBN   978-3-201-00921-8.
80. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
81. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
82. on 10 March 1963, Mohammad Daoud Khan resigned, leaving the post of Prime Minister vacant until four days later when King Mohammad Zahir Shah asked Mohammad Yusuf to form a new cabinet, which started acting on the same day.
83. alternative name(s): (General) Muhammad Aref.
84. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
85. some sources say Muhammad Arif was Defense Minister from 1952 until 1958.
86. some sources say Abdul Ahad Malikyar was Interior Minister from 1951 until 1955.
87. alternative name(s): Abdul Hakim Shah-Alami, Abdul Hakim Shahalimi, Abdul Hakim.
88. some sources say Abdul Hakim Shah Alami was Interior Minister from 1955 until 1958.
89. some sources say Mir Sayyid Muhammad Qasim was Justice Minister from 1950 until 1955.
90. some sources say Sayyid Abdullah was Justice Minister from 1955 until 1963.
91. alternative name(s): Abdul Malik.
92. alternative name(s): Dr. Abdul Rauf Haidar.
93. alternative name(s): Dr. Ali Ahmad Popal.
94. some sources say Ghulam Faruq was Health Minister from 1950 until 1955.
95. alternative name(s): Dr. Abdul Zahir.
96. some sources say Abdul Zahir was Health Minister from 1955 until 1963.
97. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Muhammad Yusuf, Mohammad Yousuf, Mohammad Yusof.
98. alternative name(s): Dr. Muhammad Nasir Keshawarz.
99. alternative name(s): Abdul Sattar Shalizi.
100. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Mohammad Asef Sohail.
101. "G. Afghan Cabinets: 1963-71". Afghanistan. Princeton University Press. 1980. pp. 690–694. doi:10.1515/9781400858910.690. ISBN   978-1-4008-5891-0.
102. "Instagram".
103. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
104. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
105. on 29 October 1965, Mohammad Yusuf resigned, and King Mohammad Zahir Shah asked Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal to form a new cabinet, which started acting on 2 November 1965.
106. approved by the Wolesi Jirga from 25 October until 2 November 1965, but never served during this one week.
107. alternative name(s): (General) Khan Muhammad (Khan).
108. alternative name(s): (Professor, Dr.) Abdul Kayeum, Abdul Qayyum, Abdul Qayoum, Abdul Qayyum.
109. alternative name(s): Muhammad Husain Masa.
110. alternative name(s): Abdullah Khan Yaftali, Abdullah Yaqta.
111. alternative name(s): Mohammed Sarwar Omar.
112. alternative name(s): Dr. Nour Ali, Nur Ali.
113. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Muhammad Anas.
114. alternative name(s): (Brigade General) Azim Khan.
115. alternative name(s): Dr. Abdur Rahim, Abdul Rahim.
116. alternative name(s): Dr. Mohammad Haider, Muhammad Haidar.
117. alternative name(s): Dr. Mohammad Nasir Keshawarz.
118. alternative name(s): Mir Muhammad Akbar Reza.
119. some sources say Gul Pacha Ulfat was Tribal Affairs President from 14 March 1963 until 25 October 1965.
120. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Abdul Samad Hamid.
121. "Afghanistan". 1980.
122. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
123. on 11 October 1967 (or 12 October, depending on the source), Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal resigned, and King Mohammad Zahir Shah named Abdullah Yaftali acting Prime Minister, before asking Nur Ahmad Etemadi to form a new cabinet on 1 November 1967, which started acting on 15 November 1967.
124. alternative name(s): Eng. Ahmadullah.
125. some sources say Mohammad Husain Messa was Interior Minister from 25 January until 15 November 1967.
126. alternative name(s): Dr. Abdul Hakim Tabibi.
127. alternative name(s): Muhammad Ehsan Rostamel.
128. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Muhammad Osman Anwari.
129. alternative name(s): Kubra Nurzai.
130. some sources say Abdul Samad Salim was Communications Minister from 2 November 1965 until 17 August 1966.
131. alternative name(s): Engineer Mohammad Azim Gran, Muhammad Azim Gran.
132. alternative name(s): Engineer Abdul Samad Salim.
133. alternative name(s): Muhammad Osman Sidqi.
134. alternative name(s): Mohammad Khalid Roashan, Muhammad Khalid Roshan.
135. alternative name(s): Dr. Abdul Hakim Ziayee, Abdul Hakim Ziayi.
136. alternative name(s): Dr. Abdul Ghafoor Ravan Farhadi, Ravan A. G. Farhâdi.
137. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
138. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
139. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
140. alternative name(s): Dr. Mohammad Omar Wardak.
141. alternative name(s): Engineer Mohammad Bashir Ludin, Muhammad Bashir Lodin.
142. alternative name(s): Dr. Mohammad Asghar, Muhammad Asghar.
143. alternative name(s): Muhammad Anwar Ziayi.
144. alternative name(s): Dr. Mohammad Akram.
145. alternative name(s): Said Masud Pohanyar.
146. alternative name(s): Dr. Abdul Wahid Sorabi, Abdul Wahed Sarābi, Abdul Wahid Sarabi, Abdul Vahed Serabi.
147. The new cabinet was announced on 17 November 1969 but only started acting on 2 December 1969.
148. on 17 May 1967 (or 16 May, depending on the source), Nur Ahmad Etemadi resigned, and King Mohammad Zahir Shah asked him to stay in office as acting Prime Minister until a new government was formed. On 8 June 1971, Zahir Shah asked Abdul Zahir to form a new cabinet, which he appointed on the same day and which started acting on 26 July 1971 when the National Assembly gave the cabinet the vote of confidence.
149. alternative name(s): Abdul Satar Seerat.
150. alternative name(s): Dr. Mohammad Aman.
151. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Muhammad Yaqub Lali, Mohammad Yaqub Lalee, Yaqub Lali.
152. alternative name(s): Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim Majid-Seraj, Dr. Mohammad Ebrahim Majid Seraj, Professor Ibrahim Majid Seraj, Prof. Mohammad Ibrahim Seraj, Dr. Ibrahim Majid Siraj, Mohammad Ibrah Seraj.
153. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Mahmud Habibi.
154. "G. Afghan Cabinets: 1963-71". Afghanistan. Princeton University Press. 1980. pp. 690–694. doi:10.1515/9781400858910.690. ISBN   978-1-4008-5891-0.
155. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
157. After Abdul Zahir's first resignation offer was rejected on 25 September 1972, King Mohammad Zahir Shah eventually accepted it on 5 December 1972. He asked him to stay in office as acting Prime Minister until a new government was formed. On 8 December 1972, Zahir Shah asked Mohammad Musa Shafiq to form a new cabinet, which started acting on 12 December 1972.
158. alternative name(s): Muhammad Musa Shafiq.
159. alternative name(s): Amanullah Mansuri.
160. alternative name(s): Muhammad Anwar Arghandiwal, Mohammad Anwar Arghandewal.
161. alternative name(s): Dr. Ghulam Haidar Dawar, Ghulam Haider Dawar.
162. alternative name(s): Muhammad Asef Ghausi, Muhammad Arif Ghausi.
163. The Kabul Times, 13 April 1972, p. 1.
164. alternative name(s): Dr. Mohammad Yasin Azim, Yaseen Azim, Muhammad Yasin Azim.
165. Azim, actually Deputy Education Minister, was acting Education Minister since at least 3 June 1972: The Kabul Times: 3 June 1972, p. 1.
166. alternative name(s): (General) Khwazak Khan, Khwazakkhan.
167. alternative name(s): Engineer Nasratullah Malikyar, Nosratollah Malekyar.
168. alternative name(s): Muhammad Ibrahim Abbasi.
169. some sources say Abbasi resigned on 12 April 1972 but he was still in charge at least on 17 May 1972: The Kabul Times: 17 May 1972, p. 4.
171. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 alternative name(s): Dr. Abdul Wakil, Abdul Vakil.
172. Minister without portfolio in charge of Afghanistan's Emergency Agricultural Programme: The Kabul Times, 19 June 1972, p. 1.
173. The Afghan Times, 11 December 1972, p. 1–3
174. "Chronology November 16, 1972 – February 15, 1973". Middle East Journal. 27 (2): 191–206. 1973. JSTOR   4325058.
175. With the Coup of 17 July 1973, Mohammad Daoud Khan deposes King Mohammad Zahir Shah and proclaims the Republic of Afghanistan, resulting in the end of the Shafiq cabinet.
176. alternative name(s): Nematollah Pazhwak, Nematullah Maruf Pazhwak, Niamatullah Pazhwak.
177. alternative name(s): Samiuddin Zhowand.
178. Caretaker as he actually was the Deputy Minister and not considered an integral part of the cabinet. Mohammad Musa Shafiq informed the National Assembly that ministries for which a minister has not yet been designated will be headed by the Deputy Ministers, with overall political responsibility for their performance staying with himself as Prime Minister.
179. alternative name(s): Muhammad Khan Jalalar, Muhammad Khan Jalallal, Mohammad Khan Jalallar.
180. alternative name(s): Dr. (Mohammad) Ali Nawaz.
181. Azim was Deputy and caretaking Education Minister since Shafiq's inauguration as Prime Minister on 12 December 1972 and was officially named Education Minister on 5 March 1973; see The Kabul Times , 6 March 1973, p. 1, link:
182. alternative name(s): Dr. Mohammad Akhtar Khoshbeen.
183. alternative name(s): Gholam Dastegir Azizi.
184. alternative name(s): Sabahoddin Kushkaki.
185. Caretaker as he actually was the Vice President and not considered an integral part of the cabinet. Mohammad Musa Shafiq, who specifically planned to reform the Tribal Affairs Department into a proper ministry, informed the National Assembly that ministries for which a minister has not yet been designated will be headed by the Deputy Ministers (or Vice President as in this case), with overall political responsibility for their performance staying with himself as Prime Minister.
186. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
187. Mukerjee, Dilip (1975). "Afghanistan under Daud: Relations with Neighboring States" . Asian Survey. 15 (4): 301–312. doi:10.2307/2643235. JSTOR   2643235.
188. The Kabul Times , 2 August 1973, p. 1, link: .
189. 1 2 3 Official title: President of the State and Prime Minister of the Republic of Afghanistan, as per The Kabul Times , 21 July 1973, p.1, link: .
190. With the Coup of 17 July 1973, Mohammad Daoud Khan deposes King Mohammad Zahir Shah and proclaims the Republic of Afghanistan, while the cabinet was approved by the Central Committee of the Republic on 1 August 1973, before officially starting to act on 2 August 1973.
191. alternative name(s): Muhammad Hasan Sharq.
192. alternative name(s): (Lieutenant Colonel) Faiz Muhammad, Faiz Mohammad.
193. alternative name(s): Sayed Abdul Ellah, Sayyid Abdullah, Seyyed Abdol Elah.
194. When Daoud Khan appointed his cabinet on 2 August 1973, Jalalar was only Acting Commerce Minister while actually being Deputy Commerce Minister; see . However, since at least 11 February 1974, Jalalar was the actual Commerce Minister; see The Kabul Times, 11 February 1974, p. 1.
195. Nematullah Pazhwak officially retired due to health reasons from his post as Education Minister on 19 December 1974, being replaced by Mines and Industries Minister Abdul Kayeum; see The Kabul Times, 19 December 1974, p. 1.
196. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Ghausuddin, Ghausuddin Faeq.
197. alternative name(s): (Prof. Dr.) Nazar Muhammad Sikandar, Nazar Mohammad Sikandar.
198. alternative name(s): Engineer Abdul Hameed, Abdul Hamid.
199. The Kabul Times, 24 April 1974, p. 1.
200. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Azizullah Zaer.
201. Acting Communications Minister while actually being Deputy Communications Minister since at least 28 May 1974; see The Kabul Times, 28 May 1974, p. 1.
202. alternative name(s): Ghulam Jailani Bakhtary, Ghulam Jalani Bakhtari.
203. alternative name(s): (Prof. Dr.) Abdul Rahim Nawin, Abdul Rahim Navin, Abdol Rahim Navin.
204. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Pacha Gul.
205. alternative name(s): Ali Ahmad Khoram, Ali Ahmad Korram.
206. When Daoud Khan appointed his cabinet on 2 August 1973, Khurram was only Acting Planning Minister while actually being Deputy Planning Minister until at least 28 March 1974; see The Kabul Times, 28 March 1974, p. 1 and . However, since at least 11 July 1974, Khurram was the actual Planning Minister; see The Kabul Times, 11 July 1974, p. 1.
207. Some sources say the new cabinet was only appointed in October 1975 and took office on 21 November 1975, but The Kabul Times reported about that the cabinet reshuffle took place on 27 September 1975 and the new ministers only assumed office the next day; .
208. Mohammad Daoud Khan dispanded the cabinet on 26 February 1977. The cabinet members stayed in their position as acting ministers until Daoud announced the formation of a new cabinet on 13 March 1977, which took office on 19 March 1977.
209. The post of Second Deputy Prime Minister was reintroduced on 28 September 1975; .
210. 1 2 alternative name(s): Abdul Qadeer, Abdul Qadir, Abdol Qadir.
211. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
212. alternative name(s): Ghulam Haydar Rasuli.
213. alternative name(s): (Professor) Wafiyullah Sami'i, Wafiullah Samiee.
214. alternative name(s): Ghulam Siddiq Muhibi.
215. alternative name(s): Professor Abdullah Omar, Abdollah Omar.
216. alternative name(s): Abdol Karim Attayee.
217. alternative name(s): Abdol Tawab Asefi.
218. alternative name(s): Azizollah Wasefi.
219. alternative name(s): Jum'a-Mohammad Mohammadi, Juma Muhammad Muhammadi, Emam Mohammad Mohammadi.
220. alternative name(s): Abdul Aziz Forough.
221. Ferough was Deputy Planning Minister and took over the role of Acting Planning Minister after Ali Ahmad Khurram was assassinated on 16 November 1977; see The Kabul Times, 11 December 1977, p. 4.
222. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
223. The Kabul Times, 4 May 1978, p. 1.
224. alternative name(s): (Lieutenant Colonel, Major) Mohammad Aslam Watanjar, Muhammad Aslam Watanyar.
225. alternative name(s): Colonel Abdur Qadir, Abdul Qader Dagarwal.
226. alternative name(s): Nur Ahmad Nur, Noor Ahmad Noor.
227. alternative name(s): Abdul Hakim Sherai Jauzjani, Abdul Hakim Sharayee Jauzjani, Abdul Hakim Shara′i, Abdul Hakim Sharaee, Abdul Hakim Sharaiee Jawzjani.
228. alternative name(s): Abdul Karim Meesaq.
229. alternative name(s): Dastagir Panjsheri.
230. alternative name(s): (Professor) Mahmoud Soma.
231. alternative name(s): (Major, General, Lieutenant Colonel) Mohammad Rafi, Muhammad Rafi′i, Mohammad Rafiee.
232. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Shah Wali.
233. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Muhammad Ismail Danesh, Mohammad Ismail Danesh, Mohammad Ismail Daneshwar, Mohammad Esmail Danesh.
234. Khudadad Ismail Danesh may be the same as Mohammad Ismail Danesh as both are called Ismail Danesh for short.
235. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Saleh Mohammad Ziri, Saleh Mohammad Zeiri, Saleh Muhammad Zirai, Saleh Muhammad Ziri, Saleh Mohammad Zeary, Saleh Mohamed Zeary.
236. alternative name(s): Pohanwal Mohammad Mansur Hashemi, Muhammad Mansur Hashimi, Mansur Hashemi.
237. alternative name(s): Mohammad Hassan Bareq Shafiee, Muhammad Hasan Bareq-Shafi′i, Hassan Bareq Shafiee, Mohammad Hassan Shafi′i, Bareq Shafi′i, Hasan Bareq-Shafi'i.
238. alternative name(s): Suleiman Laeq, Sulaiman Laiq, Solayman Laeq, Ghulam Mujaddid.
239. Layeq was Radio and Television Minister until 29 November 1979 when the Ministry was merged with the Ministry of Information and Culture; see The Kabul Times, 30 November 1978, p. 1 and 4.
240. alternative name(s): Nezamuddin Tahzeeb.
241. alternative name(s): Muhammad Siddiq Alemyar, Mohammad Sediq Alemyar, Mohammad Siddiq Alemyar.
242. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Nahid Anahita Ratebzad.
243. The Kabul Times, 13 July 1978, p. 1.
244. The Kabul Times, 1 April 1979, p. 1.
246. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
247. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
248. The World Was Going Our Way: The KGB and the Battle for the Third World, p. 719.
249. The Kabul Times, 29 July 1979, p. 1 and 4.
250. alternative name(s): (Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel) Sherjan Mazduryar, Sher Jan Mazdooryar.
251. alternative name(s): Faqir Muhammad Faqir.
252. also called the Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephone ; see Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
253. alternative name(s): Muhammad Gulabzoi, Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoi.
254. alternative name(s): Engineer Zarif.
255. Male, Beverley (1982). Revolutionary Afghanistan (PDF). Taylor & Francis Limited (Sales). p. 166. ISBN   978-1-032-12674-6.
256. The Kabul Times, 15 September 1979, p. 1 and 4.
257. alternative name(s): (Khayal, Khyal) Mohammad Katawazi.
258. alternative name(s): Sahibjan Sahrayi, Saheb Jan Sahrayee.
259. The Kabul Times, 1 January 1980, p. 1.
261. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
262. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
263. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
264. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
265. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
266. alternative name(s): Soltan Ali Keshtmand, Sultan Ali Kishtmand.
267. alternative name(s): Abdur Rashid Arian, Abdurrashid Aryan, Abdorrashid Arian, Abdul Rashid Aryan.
268. alternative name(s): Guldad.
269. alternative name(s): (Lieutenant General, Engineer) Nazar Muhammad.
270. alternative name(s): (Professor, Pohand) Mohammad Ibrahim Azim, Mohammad Ebrahim Azim.
271. alternative name(s): Fazul Rahim Mohmand.
272. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Raz Mohammad Pakteen, Raz Muhammad Paktin.
273. alternative name(s): Abdul Majid, Abdul Majid Sarbiland.
274. The Kabul Times, 13 June 1981, p. 1.
275. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. pp. 392–402. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
276. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments. 2003.
277. Afghanistan, the great game revisited, p. 393–450.
278. There is a possibility that Nazar Mohammad refers to two different people with the same name, as by multiple sources (including Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, The Ohio State University, 10 January 1986, p. 1), the "Minister of National Defense" was called " Lieutenant General Nazar Mohammad" while the "Minister of Construction Affairs" was just called "Nazar Mohammad" without any titles.
279. The New York Times: AROUND THE WORLD; Afghans Shake Up 2 Cabinet Ministries, 5 Dec. 1986.
280. "Chronology October 16, 1986 – January 15, 1987." Middle East Journal, vol. 41, no. 2, 1987, pp. 255–79. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4327539. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
281. . "Goldad. A literacy teacher trained in India, he has been flexible enough to hold posts under Taraki, Amin, Babrak and Najib. Appointed to the PDPA Central Committee by Amin, he has remained there under Babrak and Najib. In 1980 he was made Vice President of the Afghan-Soviet Friendship Society, deputy head of a Central Committee Sub- committee, and Minister of Higher and Vocational Education, and soon thereafter, Deputy Prime Minister. In June 1981 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers, a position he still held as recently as November 1986 even though he lost his ministerial post in September 1982."
282. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments, The Ohio State University, 7 July 1987, p. 1.
283. . "Abdul Majid Sarboland. Minister of Information and Culture, 1980; ousted September 1982 along with Guldad but remained as Deputy Chairman of Council of Ministers and reportedly spent time in Moscow. Named ambassador to Cuba, September 1986. A Pushtun."
284. According to a paper of the Stanford University from May 1984 (), Khalil Ahmad Abawi was replaced by Sarwar Mangal as "Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the State Planning Committee" on 18 October 1983. However, a paper of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign () still names Abawi as "Deputy [Chairman]" on 10 January 1986.
285. Arian was not Deputy Chairman before 9 August 1982 when he was only referred to as "member of the PDPA CC and Vice-President of the RC " (see The Kabul Times, 9 August 1982, p. 1), but was named as "Deputy [Chairman]" on 13 October 1982 (see Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, University of California, 13 October 1982).
286. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, University of California, 15 September 1986, p. 1
287. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, University of California, 8 January 1987, p. 1
288. alternative name(s): Sarawar Mangal.
289. Internal political and security developments. Keesing's Record of World Events (formerly Keesing's Contemporary Archives), Volume 30, May, 1984 Afghanistan, p. 7.
290. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, The Ohio State University, 10 January 1986
291. alternative name(s): Sayyid Muhammad Nasim Maihanparast.
292. , p. 397.
293. 1 2 3 alternative name(s): Sayed Amanoddin Amin.
294. "Chronology October 16, 1985 – January 15, 1986." Middle East Journal, vol. 40, no. 2, 1986, pp. 317. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4327312. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
295. Heuer stellvertretender Ministerpräsident in Afghanistan ernannt . Neues Deutschland, 28 December 1985.
296. Though unlikely as they are named separately in the January 1987 edition of the paper Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments (University of California, 8 January 1987, p. 1), Mohammad Aziz and Mohammad Aziz Negahban may be the same person.
297. alternative name(s): Muhammad Hakim.
298. Ed 2002 43rd, Taylor & Francis Group (2003). The Europa World Year Book 2003. Taylor & Francis. p. 400. ISBN   978-1-85743-227-5 . Retrieved 23 March 2009.
299. In a paper of the University of Michigan from January 1982 about the Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, Mohammad Rafie is marked as being "in [the] USSR" and Abdul Qadir being the acting Defense Minister; however, this status quo stood until further notice, which effectively meant that Rafie was only de jure and Qadir was de facto Defense Minister. This is further solidified by a paper of the Stanford University from May 1984, which said that Rafie "had returned on Aug. 15 from the Soviet military academy where he had been since early 1982". On 25 September 1982, the move was made permanently, when the Revolutionary Council approved Qadir as Defense Minister while Rafie was made Deputy Chairman. Links: Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, University of Michigan, 13 January 1982, p. 1, The Kabul Times, 25 September 1982, p. 1, and Internal political and security developments. Keesing's Record of World Events (formerly Keesing's Contemporary Archives), Volume 30, May, 1984 Afghanistan, p. 8.
300. The Washington Post, 4 December 1984
301. alternative name(s): Lieutenant General Ghulam Faruq Yaqubi.
302. Frank Clements and Ludwig W. Adamec (2003). Conflict in Afghanistan. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 15. ISBN   9781851094028 . Retrieved 22 January 2025. On becoming president of Afghanistan, Najibullah accorded the security service ministry status, and it was renamed the Ministry of State Security, or WAD, and headed by Ghulam Faruq Yaqubi.
303. alternative name(s): Abdol Wahab Safi.
304. alternative name(s): Bashir Baghlani, Mohammed Bashir Baghlani.
305. REMANIEMENT MINISTÉRIEL, Le Monde, 18 October 1983 (French).
306. "КАБИР Мохаммад | ЦентрАзия". centrasia.org.
307. alternative name(s): (Engineer) L'mar Ahmad L'mar (Lemar), Umar Ahmad Lemar, Ahmad Umar Umar.
308. . "(Engineer) L'mar Ahmad L'mar (Lemar). Began as president of the consumer's co-op for government officials and employees; rose to head a department and by January 1986 to head the State Control Committee, both in the Council of Ministers. In June 1986 became Minister of Light Industry and Foodstuffs. Pushtun."
309. , p. 1.
310. 1 2 3 4 5 alternative name(s): Dr. Faqir Mohammad Yaqubi, Faqir Mohammad Yaqobi.
311. alternative name(s): (Eng.) Abdol Samad Qayyumi, Abdul Sammad Qayyumi, Abdul Samad Qaumi, Samad Qayumi.
312. The Kabul Times, 7 April 1983, p. 1.
313. The Kabul Times, 13 September 1982, p. 1.
314. Caretaking Minister of Higher and Vocational Education since 12 September 1982 (see The Kabul Times, 23 September 1982, p. 4), before being approved on 25 September 1982 (see The Kabul Times, 25 September 1982, p. 1. Link: )
315. 1 2 3 alternative name(s): Burhanuddin Qiasi, Burhan Ghiasi.
316. Also called the Ministry of Construction Affairs, see Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, University of Michigan, 12 May 1982, p. 11.
317. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, University of Michigan, 12 May 1982
318. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Muhammad Nabi Kamyar, Mohamed Nabi Kamyar, Nabi Kamyar.
319. Afghanistan, the great game revisited, p. 439.
320. The Kabul Times, 1 July 1982, p. 4.
321. alternative name(s): Dr. Sher Bahadur.
322. alternative name(s): Muhammad Eshaq Kawa.
323. Chronology October 16, 1987 – January 15, 1988. Middle East Journal, 42(2), p. 273–304.
324. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Abdol Ghafar Lakanwal.
325. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Ahmad Shah Surkhabi, Mohammad Shah Sorkhabi, Mohamed Shah Sorkhabi, Muhammad Shah Sorkhabi.
326. On 12 May 1982, the post of Irrigations Minister did not exist (see Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, University of Michigan, 12 May 1982), but on 15 July 1982 it already existed (see Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, The Ohio State University, 15 July 1982, and The Kabul Times, 19 July 1982, p. 1).
327. variously referred to as Electrical Energy, Power, Power and Energy and Energy and Power Minister.
328. alternative name(s): Mohammad Akbar Shormach Nooristani.
329. According to a paper of the Stanford University from May 1984 (), Sarwar Mangal was appointed as "Chairman of the State Planning Committee" on 18 October 1983. However, a paper of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from January 1984 () still names Sultan Ali Keshtmand as being the "Minister of Planning" on 16 December 1983, before changing it in the following edition to Mangal on 16 March 1984.
330. Chantal Lobato: Kabul 1978 - 1988: Communists and Islam, p. 3.
331. Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 17 July 1985
332. alternative name(s): (Maulawi) Abdul Wali Hojjat.
333. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1986July-Dec. 2003.
334. "Nematullah Maruf Pazhwak. Perhaps best described as a "closet Parchami"; close friend and associate of Babrak Karmal since their school days; though never an acknowledged party member, his PDPA sympathies were open. A Ghilzai Pushtun, the nephew and son-in-law of a well-known diplomat (the longtime Afghan ambassador to the UN), he has top social connections and holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Was principal of several major Kabul high schools and for several years headed the department of secondary education in the Ministry of Education. Cultural attaché in Moscow. As Minister of Interior in Shafiq cabinet (1972-73), he was responsible for infiltration of secret Parchamis and other leftists into police and other key positions then and also later under Daoud. Participated in 1973 Daoud conspiracy. Minister of Education under Daoud, helped increase PDPA influence among teachers and students. In eclipse during Khalq period, he became advisor to the Prime Ministry under Babrak in 1981, subsequently returned to private life but re-emerged again as an adviser to the cabinet in January 1987, promoted as an example of "non-Communist" participation in Najib's "national reconciliation" program for "coalition government." May have direct Soviet connections."
335. 1 2 National Conference of PDPA - Cabinet Appointments - Internal security Developments - Allegations of Chemical Warfare and of Soviet Annexation of Wakhan Salient - International Reactions to Continuing Crisis - Defections and Refugees - Relations with the Soviet Union and with Libya, June 1982, p. 1–2.
336. Histories of Ruling Communist Parties. Robert Conquest, series editor.Afghanistan's Two-Party Communism: Parcham and Khalq. Anthony Arnold, p. 223.
337. Other sources did not mention the President of the Central Bank as a minister before 29 August 1986, see , p. 1.
338. alternative name(s): Mehrabudin Paktiawal, Mihrabuddin Paktiawal.
339. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1987Jan-Apr. 2003.
340. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1987July-Dec. 2003.
341. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center Nov-Dec 1987. 2003.
342. alternative name(s): Abdol Ghafur Baher, Abdul Ghafar Bahir.
343. Abdul Ghafar Baher, Abdul Bahar and Abdul Ghafar Farahi may or may not be the same person.
344. alternative name(s): (Lieutenant General), Sarjang Khan Zazi, Sarjan Khan Zazay, Sarjang Zazai.
345. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. pp. 403–407. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
346. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments, The Ohio State University, 1 July 1988, p. 1.
347. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments, University of California, 1 January 1989, p. 1.
348. Sharq resigned on 20 February 1989 and the role was vacant until Sultan Ali Keshtmand was appointed Chairman of the newly formed Executive Committee of the Council of Ministers the day after; see: "Chronology January 16, 1989 – April 15, 1989." Middle East Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, 1989, pp. 455–505. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4327963. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025; AFGHAN MINISTER RESIGNS – UNITY PLAN ELUDES REBELS. The Washington Post, 20 February 1989, and Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. p. 407. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
349. alternative name(s): (Lieutenant General) Shahnawaz Tanay, Shanawaz Tanay.
350. Acting minister until being approved by the Wolesi Jirga on 18 September 1988; see "Chronology January 16, 1989 – April 15, 1989." Middle East Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, 1989, pp. 455–505. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4327963. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
351. Bradsher, Harry (1999). Afghan Communism and Soviet Intervention. Oxford University Press. pp. 313, 342. ISBN   0195790170.
352. "Chronology October 16, 1988 – January 15, 1989." Middle East Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, 1989, pp. 247–88. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4327922. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025. "The appointment of Muhammad Aslam Watanjar as interior minister was approved. [11/16 FBIS]".
353. alternative name(s): Dost Muhammad Fazl, Dost Mohammad Fazil.
354. alternative name(s): Abdul Baher, Abdullah Bahar.
355. alternative name(s): Ghulam Rasul.
356. alternative name(s): (Maulawi) Nur Ahmad Bares, Nur Ahmad Bari.
357. alternative name(s): Ismail Danesh.
358. Also called the Ministry of Public Works.
359. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Abdul Fatah Najam.
360. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Sayyid Amin Zara, Sayed Amir Zara.
361. alternative name(s): Mir Azimuddin.
362. alternative name(s): Muhammad Ghofran.
363. valso called Minister of Water and Electricity.
364. "Chronology April 16, 1989 – July 15, 1989." Middle East Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, 1989, pp. 455–505. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4327963. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025
365. alternative name(s): Ahmed Bashir Roygar, Ahmad Bashir Roigar, Bashir Ahmad Roigar.
366. alternative name(s): Muhammad Asef Zaher, Mohammad Asif Zahir.
367. "Chronology October 16, 1988 – January 15, 1989." Middle East Journal, vol. 43, no. 2, 1989, pp. 247–88. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4327922. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025. "Kabul radio reported the announcement of a presidential decree dated Oct. [1]9 changing the name of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs to the Ministry of Border Affairs. [10/21 FBIS]".
368. alternative name(s): Abdul Ghafur, Abdul Ghafar.
369. alternative name(s): Sayyid Akram, Sayyed Akram.
370. alternative name(s): Sultan Hussein.
371. alternative name(s): Major General Khalilullah.
372. Some sources do not name the President of the Central Bank as part of the cabinet.
373. "Minister without portfolio at a level above the top rank"; "Chronology January 16, 1989 – April 15, 1989." Middle East Journal, vol. 43, no. 3, 1989, pp. 455–505. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4327963. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
374. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. pp. 407–411. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
375. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1989:Nov.-Dec.
376. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1990 no.1-6
377. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1990Mar-Dec
378. NAJIB PUTS OLD ALLY IN KEY POST. Chicago Tribune. 22 February 1989.
379. "Chronology April 16, 1990 – July 15, 1990." Middle East Journal, vol. 44, no. 4, 1990, pp. 671–703. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4328198. Accessed 25 Jan. 2025.
380. alternative name(s): Mahmud Baryalai.
381. "Chronology April 16, 1989 – July 15, 1989." Middle East Journal, vol. 43, no. 4, 1989, pp. 655–87. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4328018. Accessed 25 Jan. 2025.
382. Afghan President Names Former Foe to High Post. Los Angeles Times. 26 June 1989.
383. AFGHAN ETHNIC AND SOCIAL POLITICS DEPICTED IN ‘THE KITE RUNNER’, p. 84.
384. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Khudaidad Basharmal.
385. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Mehr Mohammad Ajazi.
386. On 17 April 1990, Layeq was allegedly dismissed as Border Affairs Minister and was reassigned to a foreign diplomatic post; see "Chronology April 16, 1990 – July 15, 1990." Middle East Journal, vol. 44, no. 4, 1990, pp. 671–703. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4328198. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
387. "Afghan Cabinet named - UPI Archives".
388. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. pp. 411–416. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
389. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1990:Sept.-Oct.
390. Directorate of Intelligence (2003). Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments. Central Intelligence Agency. hdl:2027/uc1.c110545539. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020– via HathiTrust.
391. Directorate of Intelligence (1991). Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments. Central Intelligence Agency. hdl:2027/osu.32435083449116. Archived from the original on 21 December 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020– via HathiTrust.
392. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1992
393. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center Mar.-Oct. 1992
394. alternative name(s): Abdul Qayyum Noorzai.
395. alternative name(s): Ghulam Muhyiuddin, Ghulam Mahaynodin Darez.
396. alternative name(s): Anwar Dost.
397. alternative name(s): Mas’uma Esmati Wardak, Masoma Esmati Wardak, Masuma Asmati Wardak.
398. alternative name(s): Anwar Shams.
399. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Faqir Muhammad Nikzad, Faqir Mohammad Nikzad.
400. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Sayyid Nasim Alawi, Sayyed Nasem Ulowi.
401. alternative name(s): Engineer Abdul Samad Saleh.
402. alternative name(s): (Engineer, Mir) Abdul Ghafur Rahim.
403. alternative name(s): Hayatollah Azizi.
404. also called the Ministry of Repatriation.
405. alternative name(s): Fath Muhammad Tarin, Fateh Muhammad Tareen, Fateh Mohammad Tarin.
406. alternative name(s): Shahbaz, Ghulam Mayhudin Shabaz.
407. also called the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.
408. alternative name(s): Muhammad Sadiq Selani, Mohammad Sadiq Sailani.
409. also called the Ministry of Statistics.
410. alternative name(s): Muhammad Nazir Shahadi.
411. also called the Ministry of Social Affairs or Ministry of Labor and Social Security.
412. alternative name(s): Saleha Faruq Etemadi, Saleha Faruq Etamadi, Saleha Faruq Itimadi.
413. not all sources name the President of the Central Bank as part of the cabinet.
414. alternative name(s): Abdul Wahab Safi.
415. alternative name(s): Khalil Sediq, Khalilullah Sadiq, Khalil Sadiq.
416. "Blood-Stained Hands". Human Rights Watch. 6 July 2005.
417. Edward A. Gargan: Rebels' Leader Arrives in Kabul And Forms an Islamic Republic. The New York Times, 29 April 1992.
418. The Story of Genocide in Afghanistan, June 1994
419. "Afghanistan: Reports of torture, ill-treatment and extrajudicial execution of prisoners, late April - early May 1992".
420. Afghan Leader Forced Out by Army, Rebels, Los Angeles Times, 17 April 1992.
421. "UNHCR Web Archive".
422. Vijay K Nambiar: MY YEARS IN KABUL 1990-1992, p. 23. "There was also speculation that top Watan party leaders and army commanders, like Nabi Azimi and Mohammed Asif Delawar were in touch with Masood. Some of these contacts including that by Abdul Wakil were being made with the knowledge of Najib and intended to prevent any impending bombardment of Kabul, thus affecting civilian lives there. But each leader, it would seem, was also pushing a private agenda."
423. AFGHAN LEADER GIVES UP POWER, The Washington Post, 16 April 1992. "Najibullah handed over power to a council composed of senior members of his ruling Watan (Homeland) Party who are backed by army leaders in the capital and northern Afghanistan, according to Kabul radio and news services. But amid reports of escalating fighting and troop defections in and around Kabul, the new council's control of the capital appeared tenuous and divided."
424. Edward A. Gargan: AFGHAN PRESIDENT OUSTED AS REBELS APPROACH CAPITAL, The New York Times, 17 April 1992. "President Najibullah of Afghanistan was ousted from power today and reportedly detained as he sought to flee Kabul in advance of the Islamic rebels and rebellious Government armies surging toward the capital. The detention was announced by Foreign Minister Abdul Wakil. He did not specify who had detained Mr. Najibullah, the man the Soviets installed as President six years ago, and refused to say where he was being held. The Associated Press reported this evening that a coalition of rebel leaders and army officers appeared to be in charge in Kabul."
425. Thomas L. Friedman: U.S. Urges Afghan Factions To Avoid Violent Anarchy, The New York Times, 17 April 1992. "The United States called on all factions in the Afghanistan war today to cooperate with the United Nations in a peaceful transition of power, arguing that otherwise the country could slip into violent anarchy after President Najibullah's fall from power. But behind the scenes, American officials acknowledge that the United States has very few interests at stake in Afghanistan, now that the cold war is over and the former Soviet Union no longer has a military presence in the country near the oil-producing Persian Gulf. Washington has financed a 13-year proxy war by Muslim guerrillas to topple a succession of Soviet-backed regimes. Now that Mr. Najibullah has been ousted, American officials say they have very limited aspirations for Afghanistan. They say their primary concern is that a reasonable level of stability returns to the remote country so it does not destabilize Pakistan or the newly emerging independent states in Muslim central Asia."
426. The Associated Press: AFGHAN GUERRILLAS ORDER KABUL ARMY TO SURRENDER CITY, The New York Times, 18 April 1992. "Muslim rebels took up positions on the outskirts of the capital today, demanding the surrender of the Afghan Army and the new Government. But they held off on a full-scale offensive. The deposed Afghan leader, President Najibullah, who was toppled on Thursday, stayed out of sight and was apparently in hiding in the capital. The United Nations was said to be trying to negotiate safe passage out of the country for him. Throughout the day, as the Government fired on advancing guerrillas, the distant crackle of guns and artillery fire and the dull thud of rockets could be heard. After nightfall, tracer bullets and flashes of artillery could be seen from behind the hills."
427. Reuters: Despite Rebels' Tug of War, Afghan Talks Advance, The New York Times, 19 April 1992. "Surrounded by rebels and weakened by the fall of a major city, Afghanistan's new Government agreed today to continue peace talks with one of the most powerful guerrilla leaders. Foreign Minister Abdul Wakil said at a news conference that he had agreed with Ahmad Shah Masood, whose forces are poised outside the capital, to hold more talks and to invite other rebel leaders to participate. The peace talks, the first officially acknowledged contact between the Government and rebels in nearly 14 years of civil war, were held throughout Friday and into the night "in an atmosphere of sincerity, clarity and frankness," Mr. Wakil said."
428. Afghanistan: From Coup to Rebel Victory, The New York Times, 26 April 1992. "[...] March 18: President Najibullah offers to transfer power to interim government that would be established under the United Nations plan. April 10: The new United Nations Secretary General, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, says warring parties have agreed to form a "pre-transition council" that will hand over power to an interim government. April 15: Muslim rebels claim control of the country's main military base, 35 miles north of the capital, and start marching toward Kabul. April 16: Mr. Najibullah is ousted from power and goes into hiding. Rebel factions begin converging on the capital. April 17: Western city of Herat falls to rebels. Muslim rebels take up positions on outskirts of the capital and demand surrender of Government. April 18: With the United Nations' peace plan overtaken by events, leaders of 10 Afghan rebel factions start negotiating in Peshawar, Pakistan, on makeup of a new interim Government. April 20: Guerrillas expand control over key Afghan towns, with the exception of Kabul and Jalalabad. The United Nations special envoy, Benon Sevan, acknowledges that his plan for a neutral interim government has been derailed and accepts possibility of a governing council led by guerrilla factions. April 24: Rebel groups fan out in Kabul, setting up offices and checkpoints, while the remnants of the Government cling to power in city's center. Jalalabad falls to guerrillas and defecting Government troops. April 25: Political leaders of 10 major rebel factions agree on composition of interim Afghan government. Hours later Kabul falls to the rebels, who take over Government ministries and installations."
429. "Chronology April 16, 1992 – July 15, 1992." Middle East Journal, vol. 46, no. 4, 1992, pp. 655–82. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4328498. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
430. AFGHANISTAN'S CAPITAL FALLS TO MUSLIM REBELS – RIVAL GROUPS SEIZE KEY INSTALLATIONS IN HURRIED, TENSE TAKEOVER OF KABUL, The Washington Post, 26 April 1992. "Kabul, symbol of the last and bloodiest battle of the Cold War, has fallen. Exactly 14 years after a Soviet-backed leftist revolution plunged Afghanistan into civil war, thousands of heavily armed Muslim mujaheddin rebels poured into the Afghan capital today, taking control of army garrisons, government ministries, police stations, the presidential palace, streets and neighborhoods. The takeover was largely peaceful but often tense. A host of rebel groups raced to key locations and jostled for position inside the capital, sometimes dividing control over a single city block or government facility and effectively putting the capital into the hands of a polyglot patchwork of mujaheddin parties and ethnic militias. The guerrillas marched mostly unopposed into garrisons and government buildings, talked with soldiers and officials on duty, relieved them of weapons and then sometimes sent them home."
431. 'The Peshawar Accord, 25 April 1992'. Website photius.com. Text from 1997, purportedly sourced on The Library of Congress Country Studies (USA) and CIA World Factbook. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
432. Mujahideen named as Afghan ministers, 6 May 1992, Financial Times, #6002, UK (en).pdf, p. 9.
433. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1992May-Oct, p. 1.
434. Usenet Archives, SOC.CULTURE.AFGHANISTAN, News update #12, Posts: 1, 05/05/1992 13:56:43 UTC
435. Official name, see . Alternative name: Islamic Jihad Council, see .
436. Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani was nominated as Prime Minister but never took office.
437. alternative name(s): (Sayyed) Salman Gailani, Suleyman Gailani, Soleiman Gailani.
438. alternative name(s): Ahmad Shah Masood.
439. also called the Ministry of Interior Affairs.
440. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Ahmad Shah.
441. "Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai: Islamist Insists He's Broken Armed Faction Ties". Institute for War & Peace Reporting. 6 October 2004. Archived from the original on 29 September 2006.
442. also called the Ministry of State Security.
443. alternative name(s): (General) Yahya Nawroz.
444. alternative name(s): (Maulavi) Jalaluddin Haqani, Jallalouddin Haqqani, Jallalouddine Haqani, Djallalouddine Haqani.
445. alternative name(s): (General) Hamidulah Rahimi.
446. also called the Ministry of Trade.
447. alternative name(s): Wakil Shahbaz Ahmadzai Khan.
448. alternative name(s): (Haji) Solayman Yari, Solayman, Suleyman.
449. also just called the Ministry of Higher Education.
450. alternative name(s): (Dr., Sayed) Musa Tawana, Moussa Tawana.
451. alternative name(s): Mohammad Yasir, Yasser.
452. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Najibullah Mujadeddi, Najibullah Mojadidi.
453. also called the Ministry of Telecommunications.
454. alternative name(s): Engineer Mohammad Akram.
455. also called the Ministry of Water & Electricity.
456. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Farooq Gholam Azam, Farouq G. Azam, Ghulam Faruq Azam.
457. some sources say Shah Rukh Gran was Water and Power Minister.
458. alternative name(s): Maulawi Wala Jan Waseq.
459. also called the Ministry of Rural Construction and Development or just Rural Development.
460. alternative name(s): Zabiullah Hadi.
461. alternative name(s): Abdul Hafiz Beag, Abdul Hafiz Beg.
462. also called the Ministry of Frontier Affairs or the Ministry of Tribes and Frontier Affairs.
463. alternative name(s): Abdul Ahad Khan Karzai.
464. also called the Ministry of Repatriation and Returnees Affairs or the Ministry of Refugees Affairs.
465. alternative name(s): (Com., Haji) Rahmatullah Khan Wahidyar, Rahmatullah Khan Wahedyar, Rahmatullah Wahidyar Faqir Mohammad, Ramatullah Wahidyar.
466. also just called the Ministry of Islamic Affairs.
467. alternative name(s): (Maulawi) Arsala, Arsala Rahmani Daulat, Arsalan Rahmani Mohammad Daulat.
468. also called the Ministry of Social Affairs.
469. alternative name(s): (Maulawi) Abdul Manan Abed, Abdul Manan.
470. "Chronology 16 July 1992 – 15 October 1992." Middle East Journal, vol. 47, no. 1, 1993, pp. 91–112. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4328531. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
471. Afghans Picking Chief Under Rebel Threat, The New York Times, 30 Dec. 1992.
472. "Chronology 16 October 1992 – 15 January 1993." Middle East Journal, vol. 47, no. 2, 1993, pp. 307–34. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4328574. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
473. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center Jan-June 1993
474. March 7, 1993: A scene of the signing ceremony of "Islamabad accord" between the "Afghan leaders" under the eyes of their Pakistani, Iranian and Saudi god-fathers. Setting left to right: Ahmed Shah Ahmadzai (Ittehad-e-Islami), Sheikh Asif Mohseni (Harkat-e-Islamic), Gulbbudin Hikmatyar (Hizb-e-Islami), Burhanuddin Rabbani (Jamiat-e-Islami), Sibghatullah Mujjadidi (Jabha-e-Nijat-e-Milli), Muhammad Nabi Muhammadi (Harkat-e-Inqilab-e-Islami), Syed Ahmad Gaillani (Mahaz-e-Milli), Ayatullah Fazil (Hizb-e-Wahdat-e-Islami)
475. "Chronology 16 January 1993 – 15 April 1993." Middle East Journal, vol. 47, no. 3, 1993, pp. 479–507. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4328606. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
476. Political dispute plunges Afghanistan into new crisis, United Press International, 2 April 1993.
477. Afghan President Balks at Shake-Up Bid, Los Angeles Times, 4 April 1993.
478. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1992May-Oct
479. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1992 no.4-5
480. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1992:Sept.-Oct.
481. Historical dictionary of Afghanistan. 1997. pp. 416–425. ISBN   978-0-585-21026-1.
482. Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani was nominated as Prime Minister, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar announced that his deputy would become prime minister within the week.
483. alternative name(s): (Ustad) Abdul Sabur Farid, Farid Kohistani, Abdul Farid Kuhestani.
484. Aug 17 1992, Financial Times, #17, UK (en).pdf, p. 2.
485. since 7 March 1993, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was designated to be Prime Minister, but did not take office until 17 June 1993.
486. alternative name(s): (Haji) Azizullah Din Mohammad, Azizullah Din Muhammad.
487. also called the Ministry of Home Affairs.
488. alternative name(s): Brigadier General Khodadad Khan.
489. it is possible that this is the same person as Abdul Kayeum.
490. alternative name(s): Abbas Karimi.
491. Abdul Rahim Karimi and Karimi may be the same person.
492. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Yaqub Barakzai.
493. some sources say Lali only took office on 25 September 1992, see: "Chronology 16 July 1992 – 15 October 1992." Middle East Journal, vol. 47, no. 1, 1993, pp. 91–112. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4328531. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
494. alternative name(s): (Professor, Sayed) Mohammad Hadi Hadi.
495. alternative name(s): (Haji) Mohammad Siddiqi Chakri, Mohammad Siddiq Chakri, Mohammad Sadiq Chakari.
496. alternative name(s): (Sayed) Eshaq Gowhari.
497. alternative name(s): (Maulavi, Haji, Mullah) Mohammad Naim Barich Khudaidad, Naeem Barech, Naeem Baraich, Naimullah, Naim Bareh, Mohammad Naim Kuchi, Naeem Kuchi, Naeem Kochai, Na'im Kucki, Niam Kuchi, Mohammad Naim, Naim Barich, Naim Barech, Naim Barech Akhund, Naeem Baric, Naim Berich, Gul Mohammed Naim Barich, Gul Mohammad, Ghul Mohammad, Gul Mohammad Kamran, Spen Zrae.
498. alternative name(s): (Hojatul-Islam, Sayed) Mohammad Ali Javed, Mohammed Ali Jawad, Mohammad Ali Javid.
499. STATEMENT OF H.E. HOJATUL-ISLAM MOHAMMAD ALI JAVED, MINISTER OF PLANNING OF THE ISLAMIC STATE OF AFGHANISTAN AT THE MINISTERIAL SESSION (Istanbul, 10 September 1992). In: REPORT AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE EIGHTH SESSION OF THE COMCEC (Istanbul, 8–11 September 1992).
500. alternative name(s): (Haji) Khalil Zuhad.
501. alternative name(s): Maulawi Ahmad Nazar Balkhi.
502. alternative name(s): (Sayyid) Nadir Khurram, Nadir Khoram.
503. alternative name(s): Najibollah Lefrahi.
504. alternative name(s): Abdul Hai Alahi.
505. Afghan Cabinet Is Sworn In Secretly in Isolated Village, The New York Times, 18 June 1993.
506. "Chronology 16 July 1993 – 15 October 1993." Middle East Journal, vol. 48, no. 1, 1994, pp. 113–39. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4328665. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
507. "Chronology 16 October 1993 – 15 January 1994." Middle East Journal, vol. 48, no. 2, 1994, pp. 327–55. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4328694. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
508. Afghan Forces Battle Guerillas in Capital, The New York Times, 26 June 1994.
509. Khalilzad, Zalmay. "Afghanistan in 1994: Civil War and Disintegration." Asian Survey, vol. 35, no. 2, 1995, pp. 147–52. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2645023. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
510. Afghanistan: Chronology of Events January 1995 – February 1997 (PDF) (Report). Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. February 1997. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 October 2017. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
511. AFGHAN FACTIONS AGREE TO MULTI-PARTY COUNCIL, The Washington Post, 12 February 1995.
512. "Chronology 16 January 1995 – 15 March 1995." Middle East Journal, vol. 49, no. 3, 1995, pp. 485–507. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4328836. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
513. AFGHAN MILITIA TALIBAN, AFTER RAISING HOPES, IS DRIVEN OFF, The Washington Post, 19 March 1995.
514. "Chronology 16 July 1995 – 15 October 1995." Middle East Journal, vol. 50, no. 1, 1996, pp. 85–112. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4328898. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
515. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center 1995Sep-Dec 1995. 2003.
516. Maley, William (2002). The Afghanistan Wars . Palgrave Macmillan. p.  176. ISBN   978-0-333-80291-5.
517. "Chronology 16 October 1995 – 15 January 1996." Middle East Journal, vol. 50, no. 2, 1996, pp. 243–65. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4328928. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
518. "Chronology 16 April 1996 – 15 July 1996." Middle East Journal, vol. 50, no. 4, 1996, pp. 573–93. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4328991. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
519. World News Briefs;Afghans Get New Leader During Rebel Assault, The New York Times, 27 June 1996.
520. • Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center July-Sept 1993
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       *Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center Jan-Apr 1995
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521. Although officially only the head of state, Rabbani shared power in forming the cabinet with Prime Minister Hekmatyar, effectively also assuming the role of head of government, especially after Hekmatyar's first tenure de facto ended.
522. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Gulbuddin Hikmatyar.
523. In December 1993, Hekmatyar's power as Prime Minister slowly started to deteriorate, when media outlets controlled by President Burhanuddin Rabbani spread rumors that Hekmatyar, who never set foot into the city of Kabul during his entire tenure, has resigned. On 1 January 1994, Hekmatyar's Hezbi Islami switched alliances, joining Junbish-i-Milli leader Abdul Rashid Dostum and others to form the Shura-i Hamahangi. This alliance controlled small, but significant parts of Kabul (), and tried to besiege the rest of the Jamiat-e Islami controlled parts. However, on 26 June 1994, Rabbani and Massoud forces were able to push the alliance out of the city (, ), gaining more and more influence while diminishing Hekmatyar's role. At least after 14 February 1995, when Hekmatyar was forced to flee from his headquarter in Chahar Asyab, he de facto lost control of the cabinet, definitively ending his first tenure as Prime Minister.
     All in all, it was more of a gradual decline of Hekmatyar's power rather than an aprupt or clear-cut end. Therefore, there are differing views on when exactly one can consider his term to have effectively ended, however, most sources point to 28 June 1994 (right after the Shura-i Hamahangi were forced out of Kabul), when Rabbani's first term as President would regularly have ended (). It is important to consider that Hekmatyar's tenure de jure did not end until November 1995 when he officially was remoed from the cabinet.
524. 1 2 While, if any exact date is mentioned at all (), most sources say Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's tenure ended on 28 June 1994, it is not clear who really controlled the Prime Ministry afterwards. Up until 14 February 1995, it could be argued that Hekmatyar still hat some sort of influence on the cabinet (before being forced to flee out of the Kabul Province). Many sources, however, point out that President Rabbani and Massoud's troops forced Hekmatyar out of the city, Deputy Prime Minister Arsala Rahmani replaced him as acting Prime Minister, either right away () or in November 1994 ().
525. 1 2 It is not clear when exactly Arsala Rahmani was replaced by Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai as de facto acting Prime Minister. Some sources say Ahmadzai took office in February 1995, right after Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's last stronghold fell to the Taliban, while others say Rahmani stood in office until 16 November 1995 before Ahmadzai replaced him ().
526. 1 2 alternative name(s): (Engineer) Qudbuddin Helal, Gulbuddin Helal.
527. alternative name(s): Hidayat Amin Arsala.
528. Rabbani was named chairman of the Defense Commission for two months until a permanent Defense Minister was named. This status quo was officially continued after those two months (see: Human Rights Watch World Report 1994 - Afghanistan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1 January 1994). But during this entire time, Ahmad Shah Massoud de facto still was Defense Minister (U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 1995 - Afghanistan, 30 January 1996) acting under the name of "military chief of Afghanistan" (U.S. SENATOR IN AFGHANISTAN, The Washington Post, 8 April 1996), even though Deputy Defense Minister Yunus Qanuni was sometimes mentioned as acting Defense Minister since the turn of 1995/96.
529. Hekmatyar was named chairman of the Interior Commission for two months until a permanent Interior Minister was named. This status quo was officially continued after those two months (see: Human Rights Watch World Report 1994 - Afghanistan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1 January 1994) until Hekmatyar was officially removed from the cabinet before 1 November 1995.
530. alternative name(s): Munshi Majid.
531. alternative name(s): (Ustad) Mohammad Karim Khalili, Mohammad Karim Chalili, Abdul Karim Khalili.
532. alternative name(s): Hujjat al-Islam Karimi.
533. alternative name(s): (Sayed) Ishaq Alami Balkhi, Hussain Alami Balkhi, Muhammad Hussain Alami Balkhi, Hussain Alemi Balkhi, Hussain Alimi Balkhi.
534. alternative name(s): Maulawi Jalluddin Zada.
535. alternative name(s): Syed Omar.
536. alternative name(s): Engineer Faiz Mohammad.
537. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Barakzai, M. Y. Barakzai.
538. FORTY-NINTH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY GENEVA, 20-25 MAY 1996 RESOLUTIONS AND DECISIONS ANNEXES
539. alternative name(s):Qazi Mohammad Amin Waqad
540. alternative name(s): Nurullah Emad.
541. alternative name(s): Engineer Mohammad Ayub.
542. also called the Ministry of Information and Culture.
543. also just called the Ministry of Social Affairs.
544. alternative name(s): (Lieutenant General) Hussain Anwari, Syed Hussain Anwari.
545. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Ghulam Mohamad Eylaghi, Ghulam Muhammad Yelaqi, Ghulam Mohammad Yalaqi, Ghulam Mohammad Eeilaqi, Ghulam Mohammad Ailaqi, Ghulam Mohammad Yailaqi, Ghulam Mohammad Eelaqi.
546. also called the Minister Counselor for Cultural and Social Affairs.
547. also called the Minister Counselor for Economic Affairs.
548. Kabul Falls to Islamic Militia; Afghans Accuse Pakistan, The New York Times, 26 September 1996.
549. Afghan Fundamentalists Sweep Into Kabul, The New York Times, 27 September 1996.
550. Islamic Rebels Pursue Retreating Afghan Army, The New York Times, 29 September 1996.
551. Afghan North, Last Holdout, Falls to Army Of Taliban, The New York Times, 25 May 1997.
552. Afghan Biographies: Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin
553. • Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center July 1996
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554. Ghafoorzai was actually Deputy Foreign Minister.
555. alternative name(s): Wahidallah Saba'un, Wahidullah Sabawoon.
556. alternative name(s): Muhammad Yunus Qanuni, Yunus Qanooni, Yunis Qanuni.
557. some sources say Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai was still Interior Minister after 3 September 1996.
558. alternative name(s): ′Abd-al Hadi Arghandewal, Hadi Arghandiwal, Abdul Hadi Arghandehwal, Hadi Arghandiwal.
559. alternative name(s): (Sayed, Sayyid) Husayn A'lami Balkhi, Ishaq Alami Balkhi, Hussain Alami Balkhi, Muhammad Hussain Alami Balkhi, Hussain Alemi Balkhi.
560. some sources say Mohammad Fazel was still Education Minister after 3 September 1996.
561. alternative name(s): Iskandar Qiyam.
562. some sources say Qiyam al-Din Irshad was Information and Culture Minister since 3 July 1996.
563. also called the Ministry of City Planning.
564. alternative name(s): Abdul Hashimi.
565. alternative name(s): (Maulawi) Samiallah Najibi, Sami′ullah Najibi.
566. GUERRILLAS TAKE AFGHAN CAPITAL AS TROOPS FLEE, The New York Times, 28 September 1996.
567. Afghanistan's Professional Class Flees Rule by Ultra-Strict Clerics, The New York Times, 7 October 1996.
568. Afghanistan's New Rulers Soft-Pedal Their Hard Line, The New York Times, 2 October 1996.
569. Walled In, Shrouded and Angry in Afghanistan, The New York Times, 4 October 1996.
570. Personen, Der Spiegel, 26 September 2001 (German).
571. Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 of 27 May 2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001 prohibiting the export of certain goods and services to Afghanistan, strengthening the flight ban and extending the freeze of funds and other financial resources in respect of the Taliban of Afghanistan
572. Commission Regulation (EC) No 969/2007 of 17 August 2007 amending for the 83rd time Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing certain specific restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 467/2001
573. COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/404 of 7 March 2017 implementing Article 11(4) of Regulation (EU) No 753/2011 concerning restrictive measures directed against certain individuals, groups, undertakings and entities in view of the situation in Afghanistan
574. SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 1267 (1999) CONCERNING AFGHANISTAN ISSUES A NEW CONSOLIDATED LIST
575. Hong Kong Monetary Authority: Consolidated List. Updating of specification of names of persons designated as terrorists or. terrorist associates by the Committee of the United Nations Security.
576. Strick van Linschoten, Alex; Kuehn, Felix (2012). An Enemy We Created: The Myth of the Taliban-Al Qaeda Merger in Afghanistan. Oxford University Press. p. 477. ISBN   9780199977239 . Retrieved 14 September 2021.
577. alternative name(s): (Maulavi) Abdul Kabir Mohammad Jan, A. Kabir.
578. alternative name(s): (Mullah, Haji) Mohammad Hassan, Muhammad Hassan Akhund.
579. alternative name(s): Mohammad Ghous.
580. "Afghan Force Ousts Taliban from City in North". The New York Times. 29 May 1997.
581. alternative name(s): (Maulavi) Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai Padshah Khan, Sher Abbas Stanekzai, Abbas Stanikzai.
582. Acting Minister while actually being Deputy Minister.
583. Burns, John F. (24 September 1997). "Islamic Rule Weighs Heavily for Afghans". The New York Times.
584. Adamec, Ludwig W. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Afghanistan (4th ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 69. ISBN   9780810879577. [1999] 27 October: Mulla Mutawakil is named minister of foreign affairs, replacing Mulla Hasan Akhund.
585. alternative name(s): (Maulavi) Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil Abdul Ghaffar, Abdul Wakil Mutawakil.
586. Disputed since some sources claim he was not active as Foreign Minister since at least 17 October 2001 ().
587. Disputed as no records are known.
588. alternative name(s): (Mullah, Haji, Maulavi) Ubaidullah Akhund, Obaid Ullah Akhund, Ubaidullah Akhund Yar Mohammed Akhund.
589. For a period of nine months, Abdul Salam Zaeef was acting Defense Minister when Obaidullah was incapable due to an injury and his consequent treatment in Pakistan. Also some sources say Abdul Qayyum Zakir was Defense Minister for a short period () but without naming a date.
590. alternative name(s): (Maulavi, Mullah) Khairullah Khairkhwah, Khirullah Said Wali Khairkhwa.
591. alternative name(s): (Mullah) Abdul Razaq Akhund, Abdul Razaq Akhund Lala Akhund, Abdur Razzaq, Abdul Razaq.
592. alternative name(s): (Qari) Ahmadulla.
593. "Taleban spy chief 'killed in raid'". BBC News . 3 January 2002. Retrieved 11 February 2025.
594. alternative name(s): (Mullah, Maulavi, Haji) Nooruddin Turabi Muhammad Qasim, Noor ud Din Turabi, Karim.
595. alternative name(s): (Mullah, Haji) Mohammad Ahmadi, M. Ahmadi.
596. alternative name(s): (Mullah, Haji) Mohammad Taher Anwari, Muhammad Tahir Anwari, Mohammad Tahre Anwari, Mudir.
597. alternative name(s): (Mullah) Abdul Wasay Aghajan Motasem, Abdul Wasay Agha Jan Motasem, Mutasim Aga Jan.
598. VERORDNUNG (EG) Nr. 859/2007 DER KOMMISSION vom 20. Juli 2007 zur zweiundachtzigsten Änderung der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 881/2002 des Rates über die Anwendung bestimmter spezifischer restriktiver Maßnahmen gegen bestimmte Personen und Organisationen, die mit Osama bin Laden, dem Al-Qaida-Netzwerk und den Taliban in Verbindung stehen, und zur Aufhebung der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 467/2001 des Rates
599. UNCLASSIFIED Combatant Status Review Board
600. alternative name(s): (Maulavi) Abdul Razaq, Abdul Razaq Ekhtiyar Mohammad.
601. VERORDNUNG (EU) Nr. 754/2011 DES RATES vom 1. August 2011 zur Änderung der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 881/2002 über die Anwendung bestimmter spezifischer restriktiver Maßnahmen gegen bestimmte Personen und Organisationen, die mit Osama bin Laden, dem Al-Qaida-Netzwerk und den Taliban in Verbindung stehen
602. Security Council 1988 Committee Deletes Three Entries from Its Sanctions List
603. alternative name(s): (Maulavi, Sayyed) Ghias, Ghiassouddine Agha Ghousuddin, Ghayasudin.
604. alternative name(s): (Mullah) Amir Khan Motaqi.
605. Biography Minister of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan
606. alternative name(s): (Maulavi) Hamidullah Nomani.
607. alternative name(s): (Qari) Din Mohammad, Iadena Mohammad.
608. alternative name(s): (Maulavi) Nanai, Ahmadullah Mutie.
609. alternative name(s): (Maulavi) Dadullah Akhund.
610. alternative name(s): (Mullah) Mohammad Abbas Akhund.
611. alternative name(s): Mullah Yar Mohammad Rahimi.
612. alternative name(s): (Maulavi, Haji) Ahmed Jan Akhundzada Wazir, Ahmed Jan Akhund.
613. , p. 93.
614. 1 2 alternative name(s): (Alhaj, Mullah) Mohammad Essa Akhund.
615. alternative name(s): (Maulavi) Abdul Latif Mansoor.
616. also called the Ministry of Water, Sanitation and Electricity.
617. alternative name(s): (Maulavi, Haji) Sahib.
618. alternative name(s): (Mullah) Allahdad, Shahidwror, Akhund, Allah Dad Matin.
619. ALLAH DAD MATI
620. alternative name(s): (Maulavi) Abdul Raqib Takhari.
621. Also called the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism.
622. alternative name(s): (Maulavi, Mullah) Akhtar Mohammad Mansour Khan Muhammad, Akhtar Muhammad Mansoor, Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor, Akhtar Mohammad Mansour Shah Mohammed, Akhtar Mansour, Naib Imam.
623. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (August 2015). "Introduction of the newly appointed leader of Islamic Emirate, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad (Mansur), may Allah safeguard him)". Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015.(sourced originally at J. Goldstein / The New York Times Company)
624. alternative name(s): (Maulavi) Mohammad Wali Mohammad Ewaz.
625. alternative name(s): (Maulavi) Ehsanullah Sarfida Hesamuddin Akhundzada, Ehsanullah Sarfadi.
626. "Rabbani returns to Kabul, vows to back coalition". The Washington Times .
627. Johnson, Thomas H. (February 2006). "The Prospects for Post-Conflict Afghanistan: A Call of the Sirens to the Country's Troubled Past" (PDF). Vol. V, no. 2. Strategic Insights. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2009.
628. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/12/23/new-afghan-leader-sworn-in/6e104b79-cf67-4851-aab3-7591f2c32945/ ^{[ bare URL ]}
629. "Factions Asked To Join Together in Post-Taliban Afghanistan". KOMO News. 13 November 2001. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
630. "Ousted Afghan President won't go back yet". Manila Standard. 16 November 2001. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
631. "Chaos um Kundus". Die Tageszeitung: taz. 23 November 2001.
632. "Politik: Afghanistan: Nordallianz will verhandeln". Der Tagesspiegel Online.
633. alternative name(s): (Marshal) Mohammad Fahim, Mohammad Fahim Khan, Mohammed Fahim, Qasim Fahim.
634. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Abdullah.
635. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center Jan. -Apr. 2002
636. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center May-Aug 2002
637. Staff: The Afghan interim government: who's who, The Guardian, 6 December 2001.
638. alternative name(s): Shaker Kargar, Ahmed Shakar Karkar.
639. alternative name(s): (Ustad, Haji) Mohammed Mohaqqeq, Muhammad Mohaqqiq, Mohammad Mohaqiq, Mohammad Mohaqeq.
640. alternative name(s): (Seyyed) Mustafa Kasemi.
641. alternative name(s): Abdul Rasul Amin, Abdul Rasool Amin, Abdul Rassoul Amin.
642. some sources say Ghulam Ylagi was Education Minister during this time.
643. alternative name(s): Mohammed Sharif Fayez, Sharif Faez.
644. alternative name(s): Abdul Kaliq Fazal, Abdul Khalig Fazal.
645. alternative name(s): (Mir) Mohammed Amin Farhang, Mohammed Fahim Farhang.
646. alternative name(s): (Lieutenant General) Sohaila Seddiqi, Suhaila Siddiq, Suhaila Siddiqi, Suhaila Sediqqi.
647. alternative name(s): (Eng.) Abdul Rahim, Abdul Rahim Sayedjan, Abdul Sayed Jan Rahim.
648. A First Glance at Karzai’s Second Choice, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 10 January 2010.
649. alternative name(s): (General) Mohammed Alem Razm, Alim Razem, Mohammad Alam Razam.
650. alternative name(s): Aref Noorzai, Arif Noorzai, Aref Noozari.
651. Comeback of Some Well-Known Faces: Election-related cabinet mini-reshuffle, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 30 October 2013.
652. alternative name(s): (Haji) Mangal Hussein.
653. alternative name(s): Raheen Makhdoom, Saeed Makhdoom Rahim.
654. alternative name(s): (Haji) Abdul Qadir.
655. alternative name(s): Abdul Malik Hamwar.
656. alternative name(s): Amanulluh Zadran.
657. also called the Ministry for the Return of Refugees.
658. alternative name(s): Intayatullah Nazeri, Enayatullah Nazeri.
659. alternative name(s): Mir Wais Sadeq, Mirwais Saddiq.
660. alternative name(s): Mohammad Jan Abdullah Wardak.
661. also called the Ministry of Air Transport and Tourism.
662. Founder of the pro-Jamiat-e Islami Shura-e Nazar and hence former member of the Northern Alliance (), but he threw his support to former king Zahir Shah and became a member of the Rome Group.
663. some sources say Rahman was Tajik.
664. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Zalmay Rassoul, Zalmay Rassul.
665. also called the Ministry of Haj & Auqaf.
666. alternative name(s): Hanif Balkhi.
667. some sources say he was a Tajik Shiite, see: .
668. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center Sept. -Dec. 2002
669. Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center January 2003
670. also called Deputy President.
671. WHAT WENT WRONG: The 2021 Collapse of Afghan National Security Forces, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 15 December 2022, p. 15.
672. alternative name(s): Ali Jalali.
673. "The New Humanitarian | New interior minister to prioritise security". 29 January 2003.
674. "Iran Report: June 24, 2002". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 11 November 2008.
675. "Afghan Minister Says His Appointment Not Final - 2002-06-23". 27 October 2009.
676. "Afghan cabinet sworn in, former minister rejoins". The Irish Times .
677. "EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Yunus Qanooni's Rejection Ends Afghan Council on a Bumpy Note". Archived from the original on 28 July 2002.
678. alternative name(s): Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai.
679. "KUNA : KARZAI APPOINTS NEW PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER - Work - 20/07/2002".
680. alternative name(s): (Dr., Mir) Mohad. Mafooz Nidae, Muhammad Mahfoz, Mahfoz Nedahi, Mahfuz Nedahi.
681. alternative name(s): (Professor) Hakem Tnival, Hakim Tanaiwal.
682. also called the Ministry of Small Industries
683. alternative name(s): Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani.
684. alternative name(s): Mohammad Yousef Pashtun, Yusuf Pashtun.
685. alternative name(s): Mohammad Shafiq, Gul Aqa Shirzai, Mohammad Shafiq Gul Agha.
686. Rohde, David (15 August 2003). "Afghanistan Speeds up Purge of Officials After Bomb Attack". The New York Times.
687. alternative name(s): Mohammad Haneef Atmar, Mohammad Hanif Atmar, Hanif Atmar, Muhammad Hanif Atmar, Hanif Asmar.
688. alternative name(s): Noor Mohammad Qarqeen.
689. alternative name(s): Mohammed Amin Naziryar.
690. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Habiba Sarābi, Habiba Sarabi, Habiba Sarobi.
691. "Karzai picks new woman minister". The Irish Times .
692. "Karzai Grapples with Appointment of Women's Affairs Minister in Afghanistan | Eurasianet".
693. Is not always included as a member of cabinet.
694. alternative name(s): (Dr., Pohanwal) Mahboba Hoqoqmal, Mahboba Hoqumal, Mahbuba Hoquqmal, Mahbobeh Hoghogh-Mal, Mahbooba Hoquqmal.
695. Hoqoqmal, Mahboba Mrs. Hoquqmal. In: afghanbios.com.
697. U.S. Welcomes Afghan President Karzai's Cabinet Appointments Global Security.org, 27 December 2004
698. Karzai Administration 2004- 2006 Afghanland.com
699. CIA World Leaders January 2004
700. Afghan president announces new cabinet list Xinhua, 24 December 2004
701. President Hamid Karzai's new cabinet
702. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Rangeen Dadfar Spanta.
703. alternative name(s): Zarar Moqbel, Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani, Zarar Muqbil Osmani, Zarar Ahmad Muqbel, Zarar Ahmad Othmani, Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani.
704. alternative name(s): Sarwar Danesh, Muhammad Sarwar Danish, Mohammad Sarwar Danesh.
705. alternative name(s): (Professor, Dr.) Anwar-ul-Haq Ahadi, Anwar-ul Haq Ahady, Anwar-ul Haq Ahadi, Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi, Anwar-ul-Haq Ahady, Anwar Ul-haq Ahadi, Anwar Ul Haq Ahadi, Anwar al-Haq Ahadi.
706. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Hazrat Omar Zakhelwal, Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal, Omar Zakhelwal.
707. since 22 March 2006.
708. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Mir Mohammad Amin Farhang, Amin Farhang, Mir Mohamad Amin Farhang.
709. alternative name(s): Waheedullah Shahrani, Waheedullah Sharani.
710. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Mohammad Ibrahim Adel.
711. alternative name(s): Dr. Mohammad Jalil Shams.
712. alternative name(s): Mohammad Ghulam Farooq Wardak.
713. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Amir Shah Hasanyaar, Ameer Shah Hasanyaar, Amir Shah Hassanyar.
714. alternative name(s): Dr. Mohammad Azam Dadfar.
715. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Sohrab Ali Safari, Suhrab Ali Safary.
716. (Dr., Sayed) Mohammad Amin Fatemi, Mohammad Amin Fatemie, Mohammad Amin Fatimie.
717. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Amirzai Sangeen.
718. alternative name(s): Obaidullah Ramin.
719. alternative name(s): Mohammad Ismail Khan.
720. alternative name(s): Abdul Karim Khoram, Abdul Karim Khorram, Abdul Karim Khurram.
721. alternative name(s): Amina Safi Afzali, Ameena Safi Afzali.
722. alternative name(s): Ehsan Zia.
723. alternative name(s): Abdul Karim Barahwai, Abdul Karim Barahawi, Abdul Karim Brahavi, Abdul Karim Barahawe.
724. alternative name(s): Assadullah Khaled, Assadullah Khalid, Asaduljah Khaled, Asadulah Khalid, Asadulah Khaled.
725. Smoke signals about a new Afghan cabinet in the making, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 9 April 2011.
726. alternative name(s): Ikramudin Akram-u-Din Masumi.
727. alternative name(s): Sidiqa Balkhi, Sadiqa Balkhi.
728. alternative name(s): Enayat Qasemi, Enayatullah Qasimi.
729. Latest rumours about still open ministries, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 22 June 2010.
730. alternative name(s): Gul Hussein Ahmadi.
731. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Nematullah Ehsan Jawed, Nimatullah Ehsan Javid.
732. While some sources say he is Pashtun, this seems very unlikely given that he was personally nominated by Mohammad Mohaqiq and his overwhelmingly Hazara-dominated Hezb-e Wahdat party. It is much more likely that he was Hazara himself (or at least a Shiite).
733. alternative name(s): Hamidullah Qadri, Hamidullah Qadiri.
734. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Hamidullah Faruqi, Hamiduallh Faruqi.
735. alternative name(s): Niamatullah Shahrani, Nehmatullah Sharani, Niamatullah Sharani, Nehmatullah Shahrani.
736. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Massoda Jalal, Masoda Jalal, Massooda Jalal.
737. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Soraya Rahim Subhrang, Soraya Rahim Sabarnag, Suraya Rahim Sobhrang.
738. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Husn Bano Ghazanfar.
739. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Habibullah Qadiri.
740. alternative name(s): (Lieutenant General) Khudaidad, Khodaidad Hazara.
741. Rubin, Alissa J. (4 January 2010). "Standoff Builds Over Afghan Cabinet". The New York Times. Afghanistan. Archived from the original on 25 November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
742. "Afghan parliament approves 7 new ministers". News.xinhuanet.com. 16 January 2010. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
743. "January 2010".
744. "Taliban militants attack Afghan capital; 5 killed". Los Angeles Times . 18 January 2010.
745. "Suicide bombers, gunmen attack central Kabul - Afghanistan | ReliefWeb". 18 January 2010.
746. "Afghanistan Online: Cabinet of ministers". Afghan-web.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
747. Parliament Completes the Cabinet – after two years, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 6 March 2012.
748. Filling the Power Ministries (3): Three Security Bosses Voted In, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 15 September 2012.
749. Omer Daudzai Wins "Vote of Confidence," Appointed as Interior Minister, Tolo News, 25 September 2013.
750. MPs Approve Five New Ministers to Cabinet, Tolo News, 25 December 2013.
751. "Afghan Leader Picks Ex-Resistance Figure as Deputy (Published 2014)". The New York Times . 18 March 2014.
752. Qanuni was approved by the Wolesi Jirga on 25 March 2014 ().
753. 1 2 alternative name(s): (Marshal) 'Abd al-Raszhid Dostum, Abdul Rashid Dostam.
754. alternative name(s): (Engineer) M. Khan, Khial Mohammad Khan, Khyal Mohammad Mohammad Khan, Khyal Mohammad Muhammad Khan.
755. Started as acting minister on 28 October 2013 () until he was introduced to the Wolesi Jirga on 21 December 2013 (), approved by them on 25 December 2013 () and took the oath of office on 31 December 2013 ().
756. alternative name(s): Atiqullah Atif Mal, Ateequllah Atifmal, Atiqullah Atif.
757. Was voted out by the Wolesi Jirga on 4 August 2012 but stayed in office as acting minister until 7 August 2012; see Parliament sacks key ministers: Two birds with one stone?, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 6 August 2012, and Unseated Ministers To Continue Work Until Replacement, Bakhtar News Agency, 6 August 2012.
758. Lawmakers Praise Wardak's Decision to Resign, Tolo News, 9 August 2012.
759. Nazari Named Acting DM, Daily Outlook Afghanistan, 9 August 2012.
760. alternative name(s): (General) Bismillah Khan, Bismillah Muhammadi, Bismillah Khan Muhammadi, Bismellah Khan Mohammadi, Besmellah Khan Mohammadi.
761. Unseated Ministers To Continue Work Until Replacement, Bakhtar News Agency, 6 August 2012
762. (Lieutenant General) Muhammad Munir Mangal, Munir Mohamad Mangal.
763. Was approved by the Wolesi Jirga on 28 June 2010 before taking the oath of office on 30 June 2010; see Letter dated 15 October 2010 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council, United Nations, 15 October 2010.
764. Was voted out by the Wolesi Jirga on 4 August 2012 but stayed in office as acting minister until 15 September 2012; see Parliament sacks key ministers: Two birds with one stone?, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 6 August 2012, and Unseated Ministers To Continue Work Until Replacement, Bakhtar News Agency, 6 August 2012.
765. alternative name(s): (Major General) Mujtaba Patang, Mushtaba Patang.
766. Patang failed to get the vote of confidence by the Wolesi Jirga on 22 July 2013 (Wolesi Jirga sacks interior minister, Pajhwok Afghan News, 22 July 2013) but stayed in power as acting minister (Too Cocky for Parliament’s Taste? Interior Minister voted out, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 22 July 2013, and Afghan parliament sacks interior minister over security issues, Reuters, 22 July 2013).
767. Filling the Power Ministries: Biographies of the four candidates, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 12 September 2012.
768. alternative name(s): Omar Daudzai, Umer Dawoodzai, Omar Davodzi, Umar Daudzai, Mohammad Umer Daudzai, Muhammad Omar Daudzai.
769. Daudzai was named acting Interior Minister on 1 September 2013 (Karzai Appoints Interim Interior Minister, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, 1 September 2013) and was approved by the Wolesi Jirga on 25 September 2013 ().
770. Daudzai In – and Out: Pre-election cabinet reshuffles, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 3 September 2013.
771. alternative name(s): (General, Sattar General) Ayub Salangi.
772. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Ibrahim.
773. alternative name(s): (Major General, Engineer) Rahmatullah Nabeel.
774. Nabil was appointed as head of NDS on 5 July 2010 (″Gen. Rahmatullah Nabil as Head of NDS and Gen. Hisamuddin Hisam as Deputy to Head of NDS were introduced by President Hamid Karzai to the Lower House (Wolesi Jirga) to be confirmed.″, 8 AM Daily, 5 July 2010; ) and was approved by the Wolesi Jirga in November 2010 ().
775. 1 2 New NDS boss – who is he?, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 18 July 2010.
776. Karzai Dismisses Afghan Intelligence Chief, Tolo News, 29 August 2012.
777. alternative name(s): (General) Hesamuddin Hesam, Hessamuddin Hessam, Hassamuddin Hassam.
778. Treatment of Conflict-Related Detainees in Afghan Custody One Year On, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, January 2013, p. 6. ″On 7 December 2012, a deputy director of NDS, Hisamuddin Hisam was named as acting director of NDS following an attack on NDS Director Assadullah Khalid requiring a period of medical treatment.″.
779. Afghan Spy Chief Returns Home, Tolo News, 3 April 2013.
780. Nabil appointed as acting head of NDS, Pajhwok Afghan News, 31 August 2013.
781. NDS Chief Returns to Kabul, Tolo News, 14 March 2014.
782. Nabil started his role as acting Director General of NDS on 1 December 2014 and was nominated as permanent head on 12 January 2015 before being approved by the Wolesi Jirga on 26 January 2015. Unlike the other approved ministers, Nabil did not need to officially be inaugurated as he was already in office as acting director.
783. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Mustafa Mastoor, Mohammad Mustafa Mastoor, Mostafa Mastour, Mostafa Mastoor, Mustafa Mastur.
784. The Cabinet vote: Fourteen in, eleven to go, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 16 January 2010.
785. alternative name(s): (Qanunwal, Seyyed, Said) Yusef Halim, Yusuf Halim.
786. Considered to be a key ministry by some sources () after the re-discovery of the Afghan mineral wealth mid-June 2010 ().
787. alternative name(s): (Haji) Akbar Barakzai, Mohammad Akbar Barekzai.
788. alternative name(s): Ahmad Javid Sadat, Mir Ahmed Javid Sadat, Mir Ahmed Jawed Sadat.
789. alternative name(s): Hukam Khan Habibi, Hukum Khan Habibi, Hakam Khan Habibi, Hakem Khan Habibi.
790. alternative name(s): Professor Ghulam Nabi Farahi.
791. alternative name(s): (Sayed, Syed) Mosadiq Khalili, Mossadiq Khalili, Musadiq Khalili, Massadiq Khalili, Massadeq Khalili.
792. "Database".
794. alternative name(s): Muhammad Asef Nang, Muhammad Asif Nang.
795. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Shafiq Samim.
797. alternative name(s): Dr. Obaidullah Obaid.
798. Was approved on 5 March 2012 by the Wolesi Jirga before taking the oath of office on 9 March 2012; see Nine Afghan Cabinet Ministers Sworn Into Office, Bakhtar News Agency, 9 March 2012.
799. (Professor, Dr.) Mohammed Osman Baburi, Mohammad Usman Baburi, Usman Babori, Muhammad Osman Babury, Usman Babori.
800. alternative name(s): Mozamel Shinwari, Muzamil Shenwari, Muzamil Shinwari.
801. Took office as acting minister and was only approved by the Wolesi Jirga on 5 March 2012 before taking the oath of office on 9 March 2012 ().
802. 1 2 alternative name(s): Ghulam Faruq Qarizadeh, Ghulam Farooq Qazizada.
803. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Enayatullah Batash, Abdullah Botash, Mohammadullah Bataash, Muhammadullah Batash, Muhammad Ullah Batash.
804. alternative name(s): Dawood Ali Najafi, Daoud Ali Najafi.
805. At a snail’s pace towards a full cabinet (UPDATED), Afghanistan Analysts Network, 26 June 2010.
806. alternative name(s): Ghulam Ali Rasekh.
807. (Eng.) Abdul Quddus Hameedi, Abdul Qudus Hamidi, Abdul Qadus Hamidi.
808. Given that he is an Uzbek from Jowzjan it is likely that he is (at least loosely) linked to Abdul Rashid Dostum and his predominantly Uzbek Junbish-e Milli party.
809. alternative name(s): (Diplom Engineer) Najibullah Aoudjan, Najibullah Ozhan, Najibullah Awzhan, Najibullah Awjan.
810. alternative name(s): Nur Gul Mangal, Noor Gul Mangal.
811. alternative name(s): (Pohanyar) Sayeda Mujgan Mustafawi, Sayeda Muzhgan Mustafahi, Syeda Muzhgan Mustafavi, Mozhgan Mostafawi, Sayeda Mujagan Mustfawi, Sayda Muzghan Mustafa Mustafawi, Sayeda Mojgan Mostafavi, Seyyeda Muzghan.
812. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Mohammad Yousef Niazi, Mohammad Yousuf Niazi, Mohammad Yusuf Niazi.
813. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Daiul Haq Abid, Dayeul Haq Abedi, Al-Haq Abed, Dai-ul-haq Abid, Daeeul Haq Abid, Daiulhaq Abid.
814. some sources say she is loosely aligned with the Junbish-e Milli ().
815. alternative name(s): Dr. Ahmad Jan Naim.
816. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Hessamudin Hessam.
817. alternative name(s): Jarullah Mansoori, Jarullah Mansuri, Jarullah Mansouri, Jarullah Mansoory.
818. alternative name(s): Wais Barmak.
819. alternative name(s): Wasil Momand, Wassel Nur Mohmand, Wasil Nur Mohmand.
820. alternative name(s): Jamal Arsaleh.
821. After Din Mohammad could not secure the vote of confidence by the parliament on 15 September 2012, ″the ministry was left without a proper [minister] for almost ten months″ (Daudzai In – and Out: Pre-election cabinet reshuffles, Afghanistan Analysts Network, 3 September 2013).
822. alternative name(s): Akram Khpalwak, Mohammad Akram Khpalwāk.
823. Khpalwak started as acting minister on 10 July 2013 (other sources say late June 2013, ) and was approved by the Wolesi Jirga on 25 September 2013 ().
824. Khpalwak, Mohammad Akram resigned, Afghan Biographies.
825. alternative name(s): (Dr., Seyyed) Ahmad Haqbin, Ahmad Haqbeen.
826. alternative name(s): Sultan Hesari, Sultan Hussain Hessari, Sultan Hussein Hisary, Sultan Hussain Nasery.
827. some sources say Hesari (or rather Nasery) is an Uzbek ().
828. alternative name(s): Hasan Abdullahai.
829. alternative name(s): Din Muhammad Mubarez Rashedi, Mohammad Mubarez Rashedi, Mobarez Rashidi, Deen Mohammad Mubariz Rashidi, Mubarez Rashedi, Mobariz Rasheedi, Mubarez Rashidi.
830. alternative name(s): Harun Alrashid Shirzad, Harun Rashid Sherzad.
831. alternative name(s): Fazal Ahmad Azimi, Abdul-Hajj Fazl Ahmad Azimi.
832. President Ghani Fired Mohaqiq as Deputy Chief Executive of Gov’t, Ariana News, 24 January 2019.
833. Was approved by the Wolesi Jirga first when taking office but did not receive the vote of confidence mid-November 2016.
834. "Afghanistan's acting foreign minister resigns post". Associated Press News . 23 October 2019.
835. alternative name(s): Mohammad Idris Zaman, Idris Zaman.
836. "Idrees Zaman Appointed as Acting Foreign Minister | Ariana News | Afghanistan News". 30 October 2019.
837. alternative name(s): Mohammad Haroon Chakhansuri, Mohammad Haroon Chakhansoori.
838. "Haneef Atmar Appointed as Acting Foreign Minister".
839. alternative name(s): Masoom Stanakzai, Masum Stanakzai.
840. alternative name(s): Abdullah Khan, Abdullah Habibi.
841. Started in an acting role and was approved by the Wolesi Jirga on 20 June 2016.
842. alternative name(s): Tariq Shah Bahrami, Tareq Shah Bahrami.
843. "A Look into Life and Career of Acting Defense Minister".
844. Started in an acting role and was approved by the Wolesi Jirga on 4 December 2017.
845. "Afghan President Announces Government Shakeup". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 23 December 2018.
846. alternative name(s): Noor ul Haq Olomi, Noorul Haq Ulumi.
847. alternative name(s): (Major General) Taj Mohammad Jahid.
848. Jahed started in an acting role and was approved by the Wolesi Jirga on 8 April 2016.
849. "Filling NUG Vacancies: Parliament to vote on Interior Minister and Attorney General". 8 April 2016.
851. "Amrullah Saleh Resigns as Acting Interior Minister | Ariana News | Afghanistan News". 19 January 2019.
852. alternative name(s): (Major General) Mohammad Masoud Andarabi, Mohammad Masud Andarabi, Mohammad Massood Andarabi, Masoud Andarabi, Masaud Andarabi.
853. "Massoud Andarabi Appointed as Acting Interior Minister".
854. "Afghan intelligence director quits after deadly raid". 5 September 2019.
855. alternative name(s): Ahmad Zia Seraj, Ahmad Zia Siraj.
857. alternative name(s): Aklil Ahmad Hakimi, Ahmad Eklil Hakimi.
858. "Eklil Hakimi Steps Down as Finance Minister".
859. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Mohammad Humayon Qayoumi, Hamayoun Qayoumi, Humayon Qayoumi, Homayoon Qayumi, Mohammad Qayoumi.
860. "Ghani introduces Dr. Humayoun Qayoumi as acting finance minister". Khaama Press. 18 July 2018.
861. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Abdul Baseer Anwar.
862. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Daud Shah Saba.
863. alternative name(s): Ghazal Habibyar-Safi, Ghazal Habib, Ghazal Habibyar Safi, Ghezal Habib Yar Safi, Ghazaal Habibyar Safi, Ghazaal Habibyar.
864. "Database".
865. alternative name(s): Nargis Nihan.
866. Nehan failed to get the vote of confidence by the Wolesi Jirga on 4 December 2017 but stayed in her role as incumbent acting minister.
867. "Nargis Nehan Takes over as Acting Minister of Mines".
868. alternative name(s): Abdul Satar Murad.
870. alternative name(s): Bari Jahani.
871. alternative name(s): (Dr., Major General, Sayed) Kamal Sadat.
872. "Jahani Steps Down as Minister: MoIC spokesman".
874. While no sources from that time indicate the appointment of a Minister of Information and Culture, it appears that many Deputy Ministers assumed the role of acting Minister of Information and Culture on different occasions. For instance, Mohammad Rasoul Bawari was named acting minister on 16 April 2017 17 July 2017 and 23 April 2018 , Sayeda Mujgan Mustafawi on 13 August 2017 and Fazel Sancharaki on 2 January 2018 .
876. 1 2 3 alternative name(s): Hassena Safi, Hasena Safi.
877. nominated on 15 June 2018 (, ) but started acting on 25 June ().
878. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Assadullah Hanif Balkhy, Asadullah Hanif Balkhi.
879. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Mohammad Mirwais Balkh, Merwais Balkhi.
880. "Noor's Candidate Starts Duty for Ministry of Education".
881. (Professor) Baray Seddiqi, Bari Siddiqui, Bari Siddiqi
882. alternative name(s): Dr. Farida Momand.
883. alternative name(s): Abdul Lateef Roshan.
884. Kakar, Javed Hamim (22 June 2017). "President names Roshan as higher education minister".
885. (Prof., Dr.) Najibullah Khwaja Umari, Najibullah Khawja Umari.
886. Kakar, Javed Hamim (22 November 2017). "Acting Minister for Higher Education Roshan steps down".
887. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Abdul Tawab Bala Karzai.
888. "Ghani appoints Abdul Tawab Bala Karzai as acting minister of higher education". Khaama Press. 25 May 2019.
889. alternative name(s): Humayoon Rasa, Homayun Rasa, Humayun Rasa.
890. "Ghani Fires Energy and Water Minister".
891. alternative name(s): Dr. Tahir Sharan.
893. alternative name(s): Engineer Khan Mohammad Takal.
895. 1 2 3 4 "Still Preoccupied by 'Who Gets What': 100 days of the new government, but no full cabinet". 5 August 2020.
896. alternative name(s): Hamidullah Tahmasi, Mohammad Hamid Tumasi.
897. "Ghani appoints new ministers-designate, governor, and director". Khaama Press. 25 July 2017.
898. alternative name(s): Muhammad Yama Shams, Yama Shams.
899. Ahmadzai, Mohammad Asif (29 January 2020). "Yama Shams appointed new acting transport minister".
900. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Mahmud Baligh.
901. alternative name(s): (Al-Haj) Dilbar Nazari.
902. alternative name(s): Faiz Muhammad Usmani, Faiz Mohammad Usmani.
903. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Firuzuddin Firuz, Ferozudin Feroz.
904. alternative name(s): Nasir Durrani, Naseer Ahmad Durrani, Nasir Ahmad Durani.
905. "Ghani Appoints Two Acting Ministers".
906. alternative name(s): Abdul Razaq Vahidi, Abdul Razzaq Wahidi.
907. alternative name(s): Sayed Saadat.
908. "سید احمد شاه سادات سرپرست وزارت مخابرات تعیین شد". 7 January 2017.
909. "Minister's Biography - Ministry of Communications and Information Technology". Archived from the original on 13 July 2017.
910. alternative name(s): Shahzad Gul Aryobee, Shahzad Aryobee, Shahzad Aryobi, Shahzad Aryoubi, Shahzadgul Aryobi, Shahzad Gul Aryubi.
911. alternative name(s): Sayed Fahim Hashimi, Mohammad Fahim Hashemi, Fahim Hashemi.
912. "Ghani appoints new acting minister for communications and information technology". Khaama Press. 24 May 2019.
913. alternative name(s): Mujiburrahman Karimi, Mujeeb Rahman Karimi, Mujib-ur-Rahman Karimi.
914. On 7 October 2018 the office for Martyrs and Disabled was separated from the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
915. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Nasrin Oriyakhel.
917. alternative name(s): Gulab Mangal, Muhammad Gulab Mangal.
918. alternative name(s): Abdul Ghafur Liwal, Abdul Ghafoor Lewal, Ghafoor Laiwal, Abdolghafor Lival, Ghafour Lewal.
919. "Database".
920. alternative name(s): Sayed Sadat Naderi, Sayed Sadat Mansoor Naderi.
921. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Roshan Walusman, Roshan Wolusmal.
922. "Naderi confirms his resignation from ministry of urban development and housing". Khaama Press. 13 June 2018.
923. alternative name(s): Jawad Paikar, Ahmad Jawad Paikar, Jawad Peikar.
924. "Ghani appoints Paikar as acting minister after merging Land Authority with MUDH | AVA". 2 December 2018.
925. some sources claim she is either Tajik or Turkmen.
926. Balkhi, Sayed Muhammad Hussain Alami Hossein in afghanbios.com
927. alternative name(s): Khalil Sediq, Khali Sidiq.
928. "Appointment of New Acting Foreign Min. Sparks Reaction".
929. Started in an acting role and was approved by the Wolesi Jirga on 21 November 2020.
930. "Asadullah Khalid, Masaud Andarabi nominated as ministers".
931. alternative name(s): Mohammad Yasin Zia.
932. When Zia was appointed it was said he only takes office until Assadullah Khalid returns from an illness.
933. "Ghani Appoints New Security Ministers".
935. 1 2 "Afghan president sacks ministers, Taliban seizes districts – DW – 06/19/2021". Deutsche Welle .
937. alternative name(s): Abdul Satar Mirzakwal.
938. Saraj was acting Director General of NDS since 11 September 2019 and was re-introduced on 1 April 2020.
939. Started in an acting role and was approved by the Wolesi Jirga on 30 November 2020.
940. "Ghani Appoints Arghandiwal as Acting Finance Minister".
941. Mohammad Khalid Payenda, Mohammad Khalid Painda, Khalid Payanda, Khalid Painda, Mohammad Khaled Payenda, Mohammad Khalid Payainda.
942. "Arghandiwal Removed from His Post as Finance Minister".
943. "As Taliban advance, Afghanistan's finance minister quits job".
944. alternative name(s): (Qanoonpoh) Fazl Ahmad Manavi, Fazal Ahmad Manawi, Fazil Ahmad Manawi, Fazel Ahmad Manawi, Fazl Ahmadi Manawi.
946. 1 2 "Between Professionalism and Accommodation: The slow progress on the new cabinet". 13 June 2020.
947. Since Mastoor was acting Minister of Education since 7 August 2017 (approved by parliament on 4 December 2017) and was only re-introduced on 31 August 2020, it was unclear whether he had to be confirmed by parliament or not, see .
948. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Karima Hamid Faryabi.
950. 1 2 3 Started in an acting role and was approved by the Wolesi Jirga on 2 December 2020.
951. alternative name(s): Taher Zuhair, Mohammad Tahir Zaheer, Muhammad Tahir Zuhair, Mohammad Tahir Zuhair, Muhammad Tahir Zaher.
952. Stayed in an acting role after being rejected by the Wolesi Jirga on 30 November 2020.
953. Nominated on 3 April 2020 .
954. ; some sources say he appointed on 7 June 2020.
955. alternative name(s): Rangeena Hamidi.
956. Stayed in an acting role after being rejected by the Wolesi Jirga on 2 December 2020.
957. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Ghulam Abbas Basir, Abbas Basir.
958. alternative name(s): (Haji) Nisar Ahmad Faizi Ghoryani, Nisar Faizi Ghoryani, Nesar Ahmad Ghuriani, Nesar Ahmad Ghoryani, Nisar Ahmad Faizi.
959. Shams has not been nominated for the ministry but was appointed as acting minister until the "introduction of [a] new minister", see .
960. alternative name(s): (Engineer) Najibullah Yameen.
962. ; some sources say she was appointed on 6 June.
963. alternative name(s): (Maulawi) Mohammad Qasem Halimi, Muhammad Qasem Halimi, Qasem Halimi.
965. alternative name(s): Ahmad Fawad Osmani, Ahmad Jawad Usmani, Ahmad Jawad Osmani.
966. "New Cabinet Appointments 'Priority,' Says Palace".
967. "The Taliban Announce Remaining Cabinet Members". Hasht-e Subh Daily. 21 September 2021. Archived from the original on 24 November 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
968. News, Pajhwok Afghan (31 December 2020). "Public Health Minister Dr. Osmani sacked from office".{{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
969. Some sources say Osmani was fired on 30 December 2021().
970. 1 2 3 alternative name(s): (Dr.) Waheed Majroh, Wahid Majroh.
971. "Ghani appoints Wahid Majroh as MoPH Acting Minister | Ariana News | Afghanistan News". 29 January 2021.
972. alternative name(s): (Dr.) Masuma Khawari, Masoma Khawri, Masoomeh Khavari, Masoumeh Khavari.
974. Since Karimi was acting Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development since 21 September 2017 (approved by parliament on 4 December 2017) and was only re-introduced on 17 August 2020, it was unclear whether he had to be confirmed by parliament or not, see .
975. alternative name(s): Bashir Ahmad Tah Yenj, Bashir Ahmad Tayyenj, Bashir Ahmad Tahyeni, Bashir Ahmad Tahyenj.
976. (Dr.) Hamiduallh Faruqi, Hamidullah Faruqi.
977. Was appointed as State Minister of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs on 19 January 2021 () before the state ministry was transformed back to a proper ministry on 25 January 2021.
978. "Cabinet cleaning". 24 January 2021.
979. alternative name(s): Mohebullah Samim.
980. alternative name(s): Mahmood Karzai.
981. Ghanizada, Ahmad Shah (June 2020). "Ghani appoints Mahmood Karzai as new acting minister of MUDL". Khaama Press.
982. alternative name(s): Nur Rahman Akhlaqi.
983. alternative name(s): Ajmal Ahmadi.
984. ; some sources say he was appointed on 2 June 2020.
985. Beaumont, Peter (24 August 2021). "Top US spy reportedly meets Taliban leader in Kabul amid evacuation chaos". The Guardian . Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
986. "Taliban appoints former Guantanamo detainee as acting defense minister, Al Jazeera says". Thomson Reuters . 24 August 2021. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
987. "Taliban Announces Head of State, Acting Ministers". TOLOnews . 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 7 September 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
988. Lalzoy, Najibullah (22 August 2021). "Azizullah Fazli appointed as acting chairman of Afghanistan Cricket Board". Khaama Press.
989. Lalzoy, Najibullah (24 August 2021). "Taliban appoints head of central bank, minister of education". The Khaama Press News Agency. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
990. Taliban sack last minister in Ashraf Ghani's Cabinet, The Times of India, 22 September 2021.
991. "Taliban appoints former Guantanamo detainee as acting defense minister, al Jazeera says". Reuters. 24 August 2021. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
992. "Govt officials appointed by the Taliban so far". 24 August 2021. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
993. alternative name(s): (Mullah) Mohammad Ibrahim.
994. alternative name(s): Hidayatullah Badri.
995. "Taliban name acting head of central bank as economic turmoil grows". Reuters. 23 August 2021.
996. Some sources say Sakhaullah was caretaker minister of Education during that time ().
997. 1 2 "Taliban: Male and Female Students to Study in Separate Classrooms". TOLOnews . 29 August 2021. Archived from the original on 29 August 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
998. Lalzoy, Najibullah (21 August 2021). "Taliban-appointed acting governor for Kabul meets Abdullah, Karzai". Khaama Press.
999. Lalzoy, Najibullah (22 August 2021). "Taliban to hold grand gathering on new government in Kabul". Khaama Press.
1000. "Statement of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan regarding cabinet announcement". Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan – Voice of Jihad. 7 September 2021. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2022. The Islamic Emirate has decided to appoint and announce a caretaker cabinet to undertake necessary governmental tasks.
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1016. alternative name(s): Abdul Hakim Sharie.
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1025. alternative name(s): Ahmad Zia Agha.
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1031. alternative name(s): (Sheikh, Mawlawi) Hamdullah Naeemi, Hamidullah Nomani, Hamdullah Nani.
1032. "Mawlawi Hamdullah Nomani (A.k.a. Hamidullah Nomani; Hamdullah Nani)".
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1036. some sources say Rashid is a Pashtun.
1037. Some sources say Noori is ethnically Tajik.
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1042. some sources say Akhundzada hails from Kandahar.
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1044. some sources say Akhund hails from Kandahar.
1045. some sources say Turabi hails from Kandahar.

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