Deputy leader of Afghanistan

Deputy leaders

The deputy leader of Afghanistan, officially the deputy leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Pashto: د افغانستان د اسلامي امارت مرستیال, romanized: da ufghanstan da islami amarat marstial; Dari: معاون امارت اسلامی افغانستان, romanized: moavan emart eslami afghanstan), is the deputy emir of the Taliban, tasked with assisting the supreme leader with his duties. All three supreme leaders of the Taliban have had deputies, with the number of deputies fluctuating between one and three. Akhundzada has three deputies: Sirajuddin Haqqani, Mullah Yaqoob, and Abdul Ghani Baradar. Haqqani was first appointed as a deputy leader by Akhtar Mansour in 2015, and was retained by Akhundzada. Upon assuming office in 2016, Akhundzada appointed Yaqoob, a son of Mullah Omar, as a second deputy. Akhundzada appointed Baradar as a third deputy in 2019.