Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund is a Taliban leader who is believed to be one of the four people who founded the Taliban in Afghanistan or the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, an Islamic state ruled by the Taliban, an Islamist militant group. He is considered one of the close aides of Mullah Mohammad Omar, who led the Taliban in 1996. On September 7, 2021, Mullah Hassan Akhund assumed responsibility as Acting Prime Minister and Acting Head of State of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
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Wiki/Biography
Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund was born in Pashmul, Panjway District (now Zhar District), Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. According to one source, he was born in 1950 (age 71; as of 2021), and according to another source, he was born in 1945 (age 76; as of 2021). He grew up in Kandahar, which is also the birthplace of the Taliban movement. He was educated in various seminaries in Afghanistan. Although he attended many seminars in Afghanistan, he did not attend any in Pakistan. According to reports, after the Soviet invasion in the late 1970s, he left his studies midway.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′7″
Eye color: dark brown
Hair color: salt and pepper
family
parents and siblings
There is not much information about his parents and siblings.
wife and children
According to Taliban sources, he got married at the age of 21.
Religion/Religious Beliefs
Akhund is a follower of Islam and is known for restricting women’s rights and denying civil rights to minority racial and religious groups.
Ethnic
Mola Akhund belongs to an ethnic Pashtun family from the southern province of Kandahar. Its origins can be traced back to Ahmad Shah Durrani, who is considered the founder of modern Afghanistan.
A close aide of Mullah Omar
Akhund, who was born and raised in Kandahar, became one of Mullah Muhammad Omar’s closest associates; Omar became the head of the Taliban government in 1996. Their friendship dates back to their teenage years, when Mullah Omar lived with his stepfather in Urazgan province. Akhund is said to have taken Omar on numerous motorcycle rides in Kandahar. Mullah Akhund, Mullah Baradar and Mullah Muhammad Omar fought alongside each other against the Soviet Union as Mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
Mullah Muhammad Omar
Taliban movement
Among the three main figures who predicted the Taliban movement, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund was one of them. Mullah Akhund actively supported the Taliban movement in its new phase by providing financial and logistical support and arranging Shura meetings; A shura meeting is a place where Muslims consult with each other to resolve issues. Akhund was credited with establishing diplomatic ties with Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to bring international recognition to the Taliban. After the death of Mullah Omar in April 2013, Akhund became a close aide to the next leader of the Taliban movement, Mullah Mansour.
Mullah Mansoor was killed in an airstrike in November 2015 and Mullah Haibatullah became the new leader of the Taliban movement and since then Mullah Akhund has been Haibatullah’s closest advisor. Akhund is believed to have been repeatedly asked by Rehbari Shura to assume the role of Taliban Ameer after the death of Mullah Omar and again after the death of Mullah Mansoor, but he refused. Mullah Akhund is credited with being behind the selection of Mullah Haibatullah as the head of the Taliban.
The first Taliban government in Afghanistan
The Taliban took control of Kabul in the mid-1990s and formed the first government under Mullah Rabbani, which included Akhund as both foreign minister and deputy prime minister; He held both positions from 1996 to 2001. After Rabbani died in April 2001, Mullah Akhund became acting prime minister, a position he held for about five years. After the Taliban failed to gain total control of the country during their first term, they called their government a “caretaker”.
The second Taliban government in Afghanistan
On September 7, 2021, the Taliban announced for the second time the establishment of a new interim government in Afghanistan under the leadership of Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund and declared the country an “Islamic Emirate”.
Facts/Trivia
- There is no exact age for Mola Akhundi. Various sources think he is 60 years old, but the EU sanctions notice says he is 76 years old. A Taliban source quoted –
He is very old, he is the oldest person in the ranks of the Taliban.”
- In 1995, Mullah Akhund was a member of the six-member Supervisory Council of Kabul.
- When Nawaz Sharif was the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Akhund visited Pakistan to meet him.
Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund meets Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan
- Although the Taliban ruled Afghanistan (from 1996 to 2001) and US-led forces challenged their military might (from 2001 to 2021), he never lost his seat in the Rehbar Shura (also called the Quetta Shura).
- Mullah Akhund became the head of the Taliban commission in 2013 and took control of the recruitment commission.
- In the Shura of Rehbar, Akhund is respected so much that his word is accepted in the final decision.
- Asfandyar Mir, an analyst at the US Institute of Peace who has closely studied the Taliban leadership, believes that Akhundi’s stature as a religious scholar does not match that of Haibatullah Akhundzada. miri says
He seems to be more of a political person. His main claim to power is that he had a very high role before 9/11.”
- His role in the Taliban government that ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001 put him under UN sanctions.
- According to Taliban sources, Akhund likes to write and has written several books on Islam.
- The ranks of the Taliban consider Mullah Akhund a highly respected person. A Taliban source says
People hold him in high esteem, especially Amir al-Mu’minin (Commander of the Faithful).
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