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Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid | |
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(محمد یعقوب مجاہد (ھوتک | |
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| Minister of Defense | |
Acting | |
| Assumed office 7 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Hasan Akhund (acting) |
| Deputy | Mohammad Fazl (acting) Abdul Qayyum Zakir (acting) |
| Supreme Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
| Preceded by | Abdul Qayyum Zakir (acting) |
| Second Deputy Leader of Afghanistan | |
| Assumed office 15 August 2021 | |
| Supreme Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
| Preceded by | Sarwar Danish (as Second Vice President) |
| In exile 25 May 2016 – 15 August 2021 | |
| Supreme Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
| Preceded by | Sirajuddin Haqqani |
| Head of the Military Affairs Commission | |
| Assumed office 15 August 2021 | |
| In exile 7 May 2020 – 15 August 2021 | |
| Deputy | Ibrahim Sadr |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Sadr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1990 (age 34–35) |
| Nationality | Afghan |
| Ethnicity | Ghilji Pashtun |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Political affiliation | Taliban |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan |
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| Rank | .png){kind=small} General[2] |
| Commands |
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| Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) |
Muhammad Yaqoob Mujahid Akhund[a][3] (born 1990), commonly known as Mullah Yaqoob,[b] is an Afghan military leader and cleric who is serving as the second deputy leader of Afghanistan and the acting defense minister in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime since 2021.
He has been a deputy leader of the Taliban since 2016, and was additionally appointed to his ministerial role after the Taliban's victory over Western-backed forces in the 2001–2021 war. He has been the Taliban's military chief since 2020.[1]
- ^ a b "Acting Defense Minister visits 205th Al-Badr corps". Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan – Voice of Jihad. Helmand. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Taliban Defense Ministry: We have targeted military centers in Pakistan along the imaginary Durand Line". Bayan News Agency. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid (a.k.a. Yaqoob Akhund; Yaqoob Omari)". MEI (in Arabic). Retrieved 29 March 2025.
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