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Mohammed Abdul Kabir is a senior member of the

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leadershipThe list of individuals belonging to or associated with the Taliban
, ''

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'', October 4, 2006 and an acting third

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, alongside Abdul Ghani Baradar and

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, of

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since 4 October 2021. He previously was the acting prime minister of Afghanistan from 16 April 2001 to 13 November 2001. The

reports that he was Second Deputy of the Taliban's Council of Ministers; Governor of Nangarhar Province; and Head of the Eastern Zone. The U.N. reports that Kabir was born between 1958 and 1963, in

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, and is from the Zadran tribe. The U.N. reports that Kabir is active in terrorist operations in Eastern Afghanistan.

Career

In April 2002, Abdul Razzak told the ''

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'' that Kabir was believed to have fled Nangarhar to

, along with

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The Chinese News Agency ''

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'' reported that Abdul Kabir was captured in Nowshera,

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, on July 16, 2005. Top Taliban leaders captured
''

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'', July 19, 2005 Captured with Abdul Kabir were his brother Abdul Aziz,

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Abdul Qadeer, Mullah Abdul Haq, and a fifth unnamed member of the Taliban leadership. On July 19, 2006, United States Congressman

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listed Abdul Kabir as a former suspected terrorist who the US government no longer considers a threat. In spite of these reports, intelligence officials quoted in ''Asia Times'' indicated Kabir and other senior Taliban leaders may have been in North Waziristan, Pakistan, during Ramadan 2007, planning an offensive in southeastern Afghanistan.Pakistan plans all-out war on militants
''Asia Times'', October 19, 2007 Xinhua reported on October 21, 2007, quoting from an account from ''Daily Afghanistan'', that Abdul Kabir had been appointed commander in Nangarhar, Laghman, Kunar and Nooristan provinces.
''

'', October 21, 2007 A report on February 21, 2010, stated that Kabir was captured in Pakistan as a result of intelligence gleaned from

Mullah Baradar Abdul Ghani Baradar, , (born 29 September 1963 or 1968; known by the honorific ''mullah'') is an Afghan political and religious leader who is currently the acting first deputy prime minister alongside Abdul Salam Hanafi and Abdul Kabir, of ...

, himself taken into custody earlier in the month. Kabir was later released.

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1958 births Afghan expatriates in Pakistan Living people Pashtun people People from Nangarhar Province Prime Ministers of Afghanistan Taliban government ministers of Afghanistan Taliban governors {{Afghanistan-paramilitary-bio-stub