Qari Din Mohammad Hanif ( ; born 1955) is an

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leader and the

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. He is also a member of the Taliban Supreme Council and member of the negotiation team in the Taliban's Qatar office. He also served as the former Minister of Planning and

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in 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 ...

before the fall in 2001.

Early life and education

Hanif was born to Qari Muhammad Nazir in 1955 in the

Yaftali Sufla District Yaftal Sufla is one of the 29 districts of Badakhshan province in eastern Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the c ...

Badakhshan province Badakhshan Province (Persian/ Uzbek: , ''Badaxšān'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan in the north and the Pakistani regions of Lower ...

. At the age of 15, he memorized the

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. Then he started elementary school with his father. When madrassas, religious and educational institutions were closed and destroyed due to wars he traveled to

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in 1985, where he continued his education in various schools and studied until the second-to-last year of

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Career

Before beginning his final year of study, the Taliban Movement emerged. He joined the movement with hundreds of students from

Badakhshan Province Badakhshan Province (Persian/ Uzbek: , ''Badaxšān'') is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan in the north and the Pakistani regions of Lower ...

. He served as the Minister of Planning and Minister of Higher Education until the fall of Kabul and the end of the 1996-2001

government. In 2003 he became the jihadi leader of Badakhshan province and in 2004 he became a member of the political commission. Similarly, by the order of

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, he was elected a member of the Leadership Council. On 7 September 2021, he was appointed to

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of the newly reorganized Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. He is said to be one of the few non-Pashtuns in the Taliban leadership because he is of Tajik descent from the northern province of Badakhshan.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hanif, Din Mohammad Living people 1955 births Taliban leaders Taliban government ministers of Afghanistan People from Badakhshan Province Ethnic Tajik people

Early life and education

Career

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