Mullah Mullah (; ) is an honorific title for Shia and Sunni Muslim clergy or a Muslim mosque leader. The term is also sometimes used for a person who has higher education in Islamic theology and sharia law. The title has also been used in some Miz ...

Abdul Haq Hamkar Akhund ( ), also spelt Abdul Haq Akhand or Abdulhaq Akhund, is the Deputy Interior Minister for Counter Narcotics of the

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

since 7 September 2021.

Career

On 6 September 2021, Akhund met with President of the

International Committee of the Red Cross The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC; french: Comité international de la Croix-Rouge) is a humanitarian organization which is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and it is also a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate. State parties (signato ...

(ICRC)

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and informed him about the current problems and challenges in Afghanistan in the healthcare sector, to which the ICRC promised its assistance. On 7 September 2021, Akhund was made Deputy Interior Minister for Counter Narcotics of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

References

Living people Taliban government ministers of Afghanistan Year of birth missing (living people) {{Afghanistan-politician-stub