He has been a member of the Taliban movement since its founding. A Tajik from the Shakarlab village of the northeastern Badakhshan province, Qari Din Mohammad Hanif is one of the few members of ethnic minority groups to hold a position in the group. He was the planning minister of the first Taliban regime and later served for the Taliban Supreme Council, where he was in charge of the provinces of Badakhshan and Takhar.
Hanif began appearing at academic events on behalf of the Taliban in A Tajik Taliban commander from Badakhshan, Qari Fasihuddin was a Shura Taliban council member who led the fight and took control of Afghanistan's northern provinces, including Panjshir. Idrees is from the northern Jawzjan province, where Turkmen and Uzbeks make up the majority of the population.
Yaqoob is the son of Mullah Mohammad Omar Akhundzada, the Taliban's founding leader and first supreme leader. Yaqoob, a Pashtun from the Hotak clan, has been the Taliban's operational chief since Leader of the strong Haqqani Network, Haqqani was involved in operations against the US forces and the Kabul government's security forces in eastern regions, including the provinces of Paktia, Paktika, Khost, and Nangarhar, as well as in and around Kabul.
A member of the Zadran clan, Haqqani is a Pashtun from Paktia. Muttaqi is a well-known Taliban commander from Paktia who has lived in Zabul, Kandahar and Helmand provinces. He was the minister of culture, information, and education during the first Taliban regime.
He is also close to the current Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada, having served as his personal secretary before joining the Doha negotiating team. An ethnic Pashtun from Kandahar province, Khairkhwa was a commander during the fight against the US, and the interior minister and governor of Herat province during the Taliban's first rule. He was apprehended in near the Afghan border in Pakistan and held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp for nearly 12 years.
He also remained a member of the Taliban peace negotiation team. Sharie, 55, is believed to be a close aide to Akhundzada. He served as a shadow chief justice of the war-torn country during the Hamid Karzai and Ashraf Ghani governments in Kabul.
He is a Pashtun from the Ishaqzai clan. As the Taliban's shadow chief justice, Hakim imposed Islamic Sharia law in the areas under their control. During the first Taliban rule, he served as a judge in the Taliban's courts in Kandahar and taught at the Dar-ul-Uloom seminary in Akora Khattak, Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
Noori comes from the southern Zabul province, which is dominated by Pashtuns. During the first Taliban's rule, he was the governor of Balkh and Laghman, as well as the commander of the northern zone. He was apprehended by the Afghan government in and handed over to the US. He was shifted to the Guantanamo Bay in , where he spent nearly 13 years. He was also a member of the Taliban's negotiating team in Doha. Esa was the minister for water, sanitation and electricity during the first Taliban regime.
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The exit of foreign troops from Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, has fuelled concerns the insurgents will ramp up their campaign to capture new territory.
Bagram Air Base has great military and symbolic significance, with foreign forces previously stationed there offering vital air support in the fight against the insurgents.
Experts say that one of the main reasons for government forces to lose dozens of districts is the lack of US air support in recent weeks. Afghan authorities who have taken control of Bagram Air Base say they will use it to fight terrorism, and have already re-activated its radar system.
Three of his bodyguards were wounded in the attack, the spokesman added. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack. Thousands of US-led forces are fighting insurgents in the province.
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