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(Fiscal year#Afghanistan)MOHAMMAD YUNUS YAWAR URL=HTTPS://WWW.REUTERS.COM/WORLD/ASIA-PACIFIC/TALIBANS-FIRST-ANNUAL-AFGHAN-BUDGET-FORESEES-501-MILLION-DEFICIT-2022-05-14/ WORK=REUTERS LOCATION=KABUL ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20220613001121/HTTPS://WWW.REUTERS.COM/WORLD/ASIA-PACIFIC/TALIBANS-FIRST-ANNUAL-AFGHAN-BUDGET-FORESEES-501-MILLION-DEFICIT-2022-05-14/, live, | address = Arg, Kabul| url = }}{{Politics of Afghanistan|expanded=Government}}The Council of Ministers of the Islamic Emirate of AfghanistanWEB, 2021-11-10, Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Held - Bakhtar News Agency,bakhtarnews.af/en/meeting-of-the-council-of-ministers-of-the-islamic-emirate-of-afghanistan-held/, 2023-08-29, bakhtarnews.af, en-US, is the executive body of the government of Afghanistan, responsible for day-to-day governance and the implementation of policy set by the Leadership. It is headed by the prime minister—who serves as the nation’s head of government—and his deputies, and consists of the heads and deputy heads of the government ministries.

Islamic Emirate (2021–present)

Following the fall of Kabul to Taliban Forces on 15 August 2021, tentative nominations to the cabinet were announced in late August 2021.The Taliban said in early September 2021 that women would not be allowed to “work in high-ranking posts” in the government and “ruled out” women in the cabinet. On 24 August 2021, Fawzia Koofi, a former member of the Afghan National Assembly, had said that a men-only government would “not be complete”. Early September street protests by women in Herat and Kabul called for women to be included in the new government.A men-only “caretaker cabinet“WEB, Statement of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan regarding cabinet announcement,alemarahenglish.af/?p=48478, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan – Voice of Jihad, 20 April 2022, 7 September 2021, The Islamic Emirate has decided to appoint and announce a caretaker cabinet to undertake necessary governmental tasks., 5 December 2021,web.archive.org/web/20211205154736/https://alemarahenglish.af/?p=48478, live, was appointed by Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada on 7 September 2021. BBC News stated that the Ministry of Women’s Affairs appeared to have been abolished. Another two veterans were named two weeks later as deputies.WEB, Gopalakrishnan, Raju, Mackenzie, James, Taliban appoint hardline battlefield commanders to key Afghan posts,www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-appoint-hardline-battlefield-commanders-key-afghan-posts-2021-09-21/, Reuters, 22 September 2021, 21 September 2021, 28 September 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210928162047/https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-appoint-hardline-battlefield-commanders-key-afghan-posts-2021-09-21/, live, Afghanistan’s main political parties objected to the choice of acting Cabinet members as non-inclusive, with Jamiat-e Islami describing it as “more monopolist and extremist in politics and power than the previous imposed leaders”, and Atta Muhammad Nur seeing it as a “sign of hegemony, monopoly and a return to the past”.As of 29 January 2022, no other country had formally recognized the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan as the de facto government of Afghanistan.WEB,www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-58279900, Afghanistan: Taliban increasingly violent against protesters – UN, 10 September 2021, 20 August 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210820090407/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-58279900, live, {| class=“wikitable”! Portfolio! Name! Years! Status! Refs Prime Minister| Hasan Akhund| 2021–present| acting| | Abdul Kabir| May–July 2023| acting pro temporeTITLE=UN-BLACKLISTED TALIBAN LEADER BECOMES ACTING AFGHAN PRIME MINISTER ACCESS-DATE=17 MAY 2023 VOICE OF AMERICA >DATE=17 MAY 2023 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, MOHAMMAD FARSHAD DARYOSH URL=HTTPS://TOLONEWS.COM/AFGHANISTAN-183402 WORK=TOLONEWS TITLE=PRIME MINISTER’S ABSENCE FROM MEETINGS RAISES QUESTIONS ACCESS-DATE=18 SEPTEMBER 2023 TOLONEWS >DATE=9 SEPTEMBER 2023, | First Deputy Prime Minister| Abdul Ghani Baradar| 2021–present| acting| | Second Deputy Prime Minister| Abdul Salam Hanafi| 2021–present| acting| | Third Deputy Prime Minister| Abdul Kabir| 2021–2023| actingNEWSPAPER=RADIOFREEEUROPE/RADIOLIBERTYARCHIVE-DATE=5 OCTOBER 2021URL-STATUS=LIVE, Minister of Defense| Abdul Qayyum Zakir| 24 August 2021 – 7 September 2021| actingNEWSPAPER=REUTERSACCESS-DATE=12 OCTOBER 2021ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20210824180823/HTTPS://WWW.REUTERS.COM/WORLD/TALIBAN-APPOINTS-FORMER-GUANTANAMO-DETAINEE-ACTING-DEFENSE-MINISTER-AL-JAZEERA-2021-08-24/, live, | Mullah Yaqoob| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan)>Ministry of Defense| Maulvi Attaullah Omari| 2022–present| acting| Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan)>Ministry of Defense| Maulvi Mohammad Qasim Farid| 2022–present| acting| Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan)>Ministry of Defense| Maulvi Abdul Ali Jihadiyar| 2022–present| acting| Minister of Interior Affairs| Ibrahim Sadr| 24 August 2021 – 7 September 2021| actingACCESS-DATE=12 OCTOBER 2021ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20211009185855/HTTPS://WWW.GEO.TV/LATEST/366885-GOVT-OFFICIALS-APPOINTED-BY-THE-TALIBAN-SO-FAR, live, | Sirajuddin Haqqani| 2021–present| acting| Deputy Interior Minister| Noor Jalal| 7 September 2021–present| actingDATE=8 SEPTEMBER 2021ACCESS-DATE=22 NOVEMBER 2021ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20211009154658/HTTPS://WWW.FIRSTPOST.COM/WORLD/ALL-THE-TALIBANS-MEN-A-WHOS-WHO-OF-THE-ISLAMIC-EMIRATES-NEW-LEADERSHIP-9945701.HTML, live, | Ibrahim Sadr| 2021–present| actingFIRST2=JAMESEDITOR-FIRST=ROBERTURL=HTTPS://WWW.REUTERS.COM/WORLD/ASIA-PACIFIC/TALIBAN-APPOINT-HARDLINE-BATTLEFIELD-COMMANDERS-KEY-AFGHAN-POSTS-2021-09-21/WORK=REUTERSACCESS-DATE=21 SEPTEMBER 2021ARCHIVE-DATE=28 SEPTEMBER 2021URL-STATUS=LIVE, | Mohammad Mohsin Hashimi| 2021–present| actingDATE=NOVEMBER 23, 2021ACCESS-DATE=30 JUNE 2022ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20211210101743/HTTPS://BAKHTARNEWS.AF/PS/%D9%85%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%82-%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%AF%D8%AE%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%AF-%D9%86%D9%88%DB%90-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A/, live, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)>Minister of Foreign Affairs| Amir Khan Muttaqi| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Counter Narcotics>Deputy Minister for Counter Narcotics| Abdul Haq Akhund| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Finance (Afghanistan)>Minister of Finance| Gul Agha Ishakzai| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Finance (Afghanistan)>Deputy Minister of Finance| Nasir Akhund| 2021–present| actingFIRST=احمدشاهDATE=22 NOVEMBER 2021ACCESS-DATE=23 NOVEMBER 2021ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20211123092609/HTTPS://PAJHWOK.COM/PS/2021/11/22/THE-GOVERNMENT-HAS-APPOINTED-NEW-CARETAKERS-FOR-A-NUMBER-OF-MINISTRIES-CIVILIAN-AND-MILITARY/, live, Minister of Education| Hemat Akhundzada| 23 August 2021 – 7 September 2021| actingNEWSPAPER=THE KHAAMA PRESS NEWS AGENCYLAST1=LALZOYACCESS-DATE=12 OCTOBER 2021ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20211007133907/HTTPS://WWW.KHAAMA.COM/TALIBAN-APPOINTS-HEAD-OF-CENTRAL-BANK-MINISTER-OF-EDUCATION-546456/, live, | Noorullah Munir| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Information and Culture (Afghanistan)>Minister of Information and Culture| Khairullah Khairkhwa| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Information and Culture (Afghanistan)>Deputy Minister of Information and Culture | Zabihullah Mujahid| 2021–present| acting| Deputy Minister of youth affairs at Information and Culture Ministry| Faizullah Akhund| 2021–14 March 2022| actingDATE=23 NOVEMBER 2021ACCESS-DATE=25 NOVEMBER 2021ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20211125012713/HTTPS://PAJHWOK.COM/2021/11/23/INTERIM-CABINET-EXPANDED-CORPS-COMMANDERS-NAMED/, live, | Abdul Rahim Saqib| 14 March 2022–present| actingFIRST=جاويد هميمDATE=14 MARCH 2022ACCESS-DATE=15 MARCH 2022ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20220314125240/HTTPS://PAJHWOK.COM/PS/2022/03/14/NEW-OFFICIALS-APPOINTED-IN-GOVERNAMENT/, live, Ministry of Information and Culture (Afghanistan)>Deputy Minister of finance and administration at Information and Culture Ministry| Atiqullah Azizi| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Economy (Afghanistan)>Minister of Economy| Din Mohammad Hanif| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Economy (Afghanistan)>Deputy Minister of Economy| Abdul Latif Nazari| 2021–present| actingNEWSPAPER=THE KHAAMA PRESS NEWS AGENCYLAST1=LALZOYACCESS-DATE=29 DECEMBER 2021ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20211229042649/HTTPS://WWW.KHAAMA.COM/A-NONE-TALIBAN-FIGURE-ABDUL-LATIF-NAZARI-APPOINTED-AS-DEPUTY-MINISTER-OF-ECONOMY-878987/, live, Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs>Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs| Noor Mohammad Saqib| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan)>Minister of Justice| Abdul Hakim Haqqani| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan)>Deputy Minister of Justice| Maulvi Abdul Karim| 14 March 2022–present| acting| Ministry of Borders and Tribal Affairs>Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs| Noorullah Noori| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development>Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development| Mohammad Younus Akhundzada| 2021–present| acting| Deputy Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development| Maulvi Abdul Rahman Halim| 2021–present| actingDATE = 23 NOVEMBER 2021ARCHIVE-DATE = 25 NOVEMBER 2021URL-STATUS = LIVE, | Mufti Saeed Ahmad Mustaqim| 2021–present| actingARCHIVE-DATE=2022-02-26 TITLE = LOG INTO FACEBOOK, {{cbignore}}| Qari Salahuddin Ayubi| 2022–present| actingFIRST=جاويد هميمDATE=4 MARCH 2022ACCESS-DATE=16 MARCH 2022ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20220305153825/HTTPS://PAJHWOK.COM/PS/2022/03/04/%D9%BE%D9%87-%DB%8C%D9%88-%D8%B4%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D8%8C-%D9%82%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88-%DA%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%88-%D9%88%D9%84/, live, Minister of Public Works| Abdul Manan Omari| 2021–2023| acting| | Mohammad Esa Thani| 2023–present| actingTITLE=THANI TAKES CHARGE AS ACTING PUBLIC WORKS MINISTER ACCESS-DATE=1 OCTOBER 2023 PAJHWOK AFGHAN NEWS >DATE=23 JANUARY 2023, | Deputy Minister of Public Works| Bakht-ur-Rehman Sharafat| 2021–14 March 2022| actingDATE = 21 AUGUST 2021ARCHIVE-DATE = 18 DECEMBER 2021URL-STATUS = LIVE, Minister of Mines and Petroleum| Mohammed Isa Akhund| 7 September 2021 – 22 November 2021| acting| | Shahabuddin Delawar| 23 November 2021| actingDATE = 22 NOVEMBER 2021FIRST1 = احمدشاهARCHIVE-DATE = 23 NOVEMBER 2021URL-STATUS = LIVE, | Deputy Minister of Mines and Petroleum| Mohammed Isa Akhund| 23 November 2021| acting| Ministry of Water and Energy (Afghanistan)>Minister of Water and EnergyAbdul Latif Mansur>Abdul Latif Mansoor| 2021–present| acting| Deputy Minister of Water and Energy| Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Omar| 2021–present| actingWEBSITE=WWW.AA.COM.TRARCHIVE-DATE=24 SEPTEMBER 2021URL-STATUS=LIVE, | Arifullah Arif| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (Afghanistan)>Minister of Civil Aviation and Transport| Hamidullah Akhundzada| 2021–present| actingWEBSITE=WWW.AA.COM.TRARCHIVE-DATE=6 SEPTEMBER 2021URL-STATUS=LIVE, Ministry of Higher Education (Afghanistan)>Minister of Higher Education| Abdul Baqi Haqqani| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Higher Education (Afghanistan)>Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Technical affairs| Lutfullah Khairkhwa| 2021–present| actingWEBSITE=طلوع‌نیوزARCHIVE-DATE=24 SEPTEMBER 2021URL-STATUS=LIVE, Ministry of Higher Education (Afghanistan)>Ministry of Higher Education| Maulvi Haseebullah Hamid| 2022–present| acting| Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Afghanistan)>Minister of Telecommunications| Najibullah Haqqani| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Afghanistan)>Deputy Minister of Telecommunications| Saifuddin Tayeb| 2021–present| acting| | Minister of Refugees| Khalil Haqqani| 2021–present| acting| General Directorate of Intelligence>Director of Intelligence| Abdul Haq Wasiq| 2021–present| acting| Deputy Director of Intelligence| Tajmir Javad| 2021–present| acting| | Rahmatullah Najeeb| 2021–present| acting| Governor of the Central Bank| Haji Mohammad Idris| August 2021 – October 2021| acting| | Shakir Jalali| October 2021 – present| actingDATE=8 OCTOBER 2021FIRST1=احمدشاهARCHIVE-DATE=11 OCTOBER 2021URL-STATUS=LIVE, | Director of the Administrative Office of the President| Ahmad Jan Ahmady| 2021–present| acting| Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Afghanistan)>Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice| Sheikh Mohammad Khalid| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan)>Deputy Minister of Defense| Abdul Qayyum Zakir| 2021–present| acting| Chief of General Staff (Afghanistan)>Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces| Qari Fasihuddin| 2021–present| acting| | Deputy Foreign Minister| Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai| 2021–present| acting| Minister of Public Health| Qalandar Ibad| 2021–present| actingDATE=21 SEPTEMBER 2021ARCHIVE-DATE=24 NOVEMBER 2021URL-STATUS=LIVE, | Maulvi Muhammad Ishaq Asim| 2022–present| actingDATE=20 SEPTEMBER 2021ACCESS-DATE=30 JUNE 2022ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20220306044135/HTTPS://BAKHTARNEWS.AF/PS/%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%B1%DB%8C%DB%8C%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%AF/WEBSITE=MOPH.GOV.AFARCHIVE-DATE=2 MARCH 2022URL-STATUS=LIVE, Deputy Minister of Public Health| Abdul Bari Omar| 2021–2022| acting| | Mohammad Hassan Ghiasi| 2021–present| acting| | Maulvi Mohammad Ishaq Asim| 2022–present| actingWEBSITE=MOPH.GOV.AFARCHIVE-DATE=5 MARCH 2022URL-STATUS=LIVE, Minister of Commerce and Industry (Afghanistan)>Minister of Commerce and Industry| Nooruddin Azizi| 2021–present| actingEDITOR-FIRST=MIKEURL=HTTPS://WWW.REUTERS.COM/WORLD/ASIA-PACIFIC/TALIBAN-EXPAND-ECONOMIC-TEAM-AFGHAN-CRISIS-DEEPENS-2021-09-21/WORK=REUTERSACCESS-DATE=21 SEPTEMBER 2021ARCHIVE-DATE=21 SEPTEMBER 2021URL-STATUS=LIVE, Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry| Muhammad Basheer| 2021–present| acting| | Mohammad Azim Sultan Zada| 2021–present| acting| Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority>Deputy Minister of Disaster Management| Ghulam Ghaus| 2021–present| acting| Deputy Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs| Gul Zarin| 2021–present| acting| | Haji Gul Mohammad| 2021–present| acting| | Maulvi Ahmad Taha| 2021–4 March 2022| acting| | Maulvi Abdul Rahman Haqqani| 2022–present| acting| | Deputy Minister of Refugees| Arsala Kharoti| 2021–present| acting| | Director of the Central National Statistics| Mohammad Faqeer| 2021–present| acting| | Head of the Afghanistan Nuclear Energy Agency| Engr. Najibullah | 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock>Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock| Abdul Rahman Rashid| 2021–present| actingDATE = 23 SEPTEMBER 2021ARCHIVE-DATE = 24 SEPTEMBER 2021URL-STATUS = LIVE, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock| Sadar Azam| 2021–present| acting| | Attaullah Omari| 2021–4 March 2022| acting| | Shamsuddin Pahlawan| 2021–present| acting| Ministry of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs>Minister of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs| Abdul Majeed Akhund| 2021–present| actingDATE=OCTOBER 4, 2021ACCESS-DATE=30 JUNE 2022ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20211116104819/HTTPS://BAKHTARNEWS.AF/PS/%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D9%BE%D9%87-%D8%AA%D8%B4%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%88-%DA%A9%DB%90-%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A-%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%BE/, live, Deputy Minister of Martyrs and Disabled Affairs| Mullah Abdul Razzaq Akhund| 2021–4 March 2022| acting| | Sheikh Maulvi Abdul Hakim| 2021–present| acting| Deputy Minister of Education| Maulvi Sakhaullah| 2021–present| acting| | Saeed Ahmad Shahid Khel| 2021–present| acting| Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority>Minister of Disaster Management| Mohammad Abbas Akhund| 2021–present| acting| Deputy Minister of Disaster Management| Sharafuddin Taqi| 2021–present| acting| | Maulvi Enayatullah | 2021–present| acting| | Head of the Afghan passport Department| Alam Gul Haqqani| 2021–present| actingDATE = 20 SEPTEMBER 2021ARCHIVE-DATE = 8 JANUARY 2022URL-STATUS = LIVE, | Minister of Labor and Social Affairs| Abdul Wali| 2022–present| acting| | Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Affairs| Maulvi Makhdoom Abdul Salam Saadat| 2022–present| acting| | Deputy Minister of Tourism| Mullah Saaduddin Akhund| 2022–present| acting| | Deputy Minister of Finance and Administration at Ministry of Urban Development| Hafiz Mohammad Amin| 2022–present| acting|

Islamic Republic (2004–2021)

From the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan through to the August 2021 Fall of Kabul, Afghanistan had interim and transitional administrations, followed by cabinets of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan starting in 2004. These are listed below from latest to earliest.During the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the president selected the members of cabinet with the approval of the National Assembly. Candidates for a ministerial position had to be an Afghan citizen, be at least 35 years of age and have higher education.WEB,larc.sdsu.edu/alcp/resources/afghanistan/government/executive-power-and-ministries/, Executive Power and Ministries – Afghanistan Language and Culture Program, larc.sdsu.edu, en-US, 2017-05-21, 25 July 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180725214600/https://larc.sdsu.edu/alcp/resources/afghanistan/government/executive-power-and-ministries/, live, Ministers, unlike the president and vice presidents, could have citizenship of another country, although in 2017 the Wolesi Jirga had rejected ministers who had dual citizenship.NEWS,ariananews.af/wolesi-jirga-unanimously-rejected-ministers-with-dual-citizenship/, Wolesi Jirga unanimously rejected ministers with dual citizenship, Ariana News, 2017-05-21, en-US, 25 July 2018,ariananews.af/wolesi-jirga-unanimously-rejected-ministers-with-dual-citizenship/," title="web.archive.org/web/20180725214752ariananews.af/wolesi-jirga-unanimously-rejected-ministers-with-dual-citizenship/,">web.archive.org/web/20180725214752ariananews.af/wolesi-jirga-unanimously-rejected-ministers-with-dual-citizenship/, live,

Second Ghani Cabinet (2019–Aug 2021)

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First Ghani Cabinet (National Unity Government; 2015–2019)

{| class=“wikitable”!Portfolio!Name!Years!StatusAfghan President>President| Ashraf Ghani| 2014–2021| Chosen by electorate. In exile since August 2021Vice President of Afghanistan>First Vice President| Abdul Rashid DostumAmrullah Saleh | 2014–20202020-2021| Chosen by electorate. In exile Vice President of Afghanistan>Second Vice PresidentSarwar Danish>Mohammad Sarwar Danish| 2014–2021| Chosen by electorate. In exileChief Executive Officer (Afghanistan)>Chief Executive Officer| Abdullah Abdullah| 2014–2020| Position abolished in 2020.|First Deputy Chief Executive Officer|Mohammad Khan|2014–2020|Second Deputy Chief Executive Officer|Mohammad Mohaqiq|2014–2020|Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Afghanistan)>Foreign Affairs Minister| Salahuddin Rabbani| 2015–2019National Assembly (Afghanistan)>National Assembly, but later Rejected by them)Ministry of National Defense (Afghanistan)>National Defense Minister| Tariq Shah Bahrami| 2017–2019| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Interior Affairs (Afghanistan)>Interior Affairs Minister| Wais Barmak| 2017–2018| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Finance (Afghanistan)>Finance Minister| Eklil Ahmad Hakimi| 2015–2019| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Economy (Afghanistan)>Economy Minister| Mustafa Mastoor| 2017–2020| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Agriculture, Irrigation & Livestock (Afghanistan)>Agriculture Minister| Nasir Ahmad Durrani| 2017–2019| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Energy and Water (Afghanistan)>Energy and Water Minister| Ali Ahmad Osmani| 2015–2018| Approved by the National Assembly| Minister of Justice| Abdul Basir Anwar| 2015–2018| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Information and Culture (Afghanistan)>Information and Culture Minister| Abdul Bari Jahani| 2015–2017| Approved by the National Assembly| Minister of Education| Assadullah Hassan Balkhi| 2015–2017| Ministry of Higher Education (Afghanistan)>Higher Education Minister| Najibullah Khwaja Omari| 2017–2018| Approved by the National Assembly| Minister of Industry and Commerce| Humayoon Rasaw| 2015–2017| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Transport (Afghanistan)>Transport Minister| Mohammad Yamma Shams| 2020–2020| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Women’s Affairs (Afghanistan)>Women’s Affairs Minister| Delbar Nazari| 2015–2017| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Hajj and Religious Affairs>Haj and Religious Affairs Minister| Faiz Mohammad Osmani | 2015–2019| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Public Health (Afghanistan)>Public Health Minister| Ferozuddin Feroz| 2015–2020| Approved by the National Assembly| Mines Minister| Nargis Nehan | 2017–2020| ActingMinistry of Communications (Afghanistan)>Ministry of Communications and Information Technology| Shahzad Gul Ayoubi| 2017–2018| Approved by the National Assembly| Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development| Pohanmal Mojib ul-Rahman Karimi | 2017–2018| | Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled| Faizullah Zaki| 2017–2018| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Frontiers, Nations and Tribal Affairs (Afghanistan)>Frontiers, Nations, and Tribal Affairs Minister| Gulagha Sherzai| 2017–2020| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Urban Development & Housing(Afghanistan)>Urban Development and Housing Minister| Mansour Nadery| 2015–2019| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Counter Narcotics (Afghanistan)>Counter Narcotics Minister| Salamat Azimi | 2015–2019| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Refugees and Repatriation (Afghanistan)>Refugees and Repatriation Minister| Sayed Hussain Alemi Balkhi| 2015–2020| Approved by the National AssemblyAttorney General’s Office of Afghanistan>Attorney General| Farid Hamidi| 2016–2021| In exileNational Directorate of Security>Director of the National Directorate of Security| Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai| 2016–2019| Approved by the National AssemblyNational Security Advisor (Afghanistan)>National Security Advisor| Mohammad Hanif Atmar| 2015–2019| Appointed by Ashraf Ghani

Karzai administration 2009–2014

After winning a second term, President Hamid Karzai nominated 23 ministers in December 2009 to be part of his new administration but only 7 were approved by the National Assembly. All the other candidates that Karzai initially selected were rejected by members of the National Assembly.NEWS, Rubin, Alissa J.,www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/world/asia/05karzai.html, Standoff Builds Over Afghan Cabinet, Afghanistan, The New York Times, 4 January 2010, 23 November 2011, 25 November 2011,www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/world/asia/05karzai.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20111125234103www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/world/asia/05karzai.html,">web.archive.org/web/20111125234103www.nytimes.com/2010/01/05/world/asia/05karzai.html, live, Karzai presented a second list of 18 candidates to the Wolesi Jirga on 9 January 2010. A week later, the Wolesi Jirga again approved only seven of the candidates.WEB,news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/16/content_12821148.htm, Afghan parliament approves 7 new ministers, News.xinhuanet.com, 16 January 2010, 23 November 2011, 9 June 2011,news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/16/content_12821148.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20110609150448news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/16/content_12821148.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20110609150448news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/16/content_12821148.htm, dead, Since then, part of the ministries have been governed by acting ministers who do not held approval of the Afghan legislature.In June 2010, after the resignation of Interior Minister Hanif Atmar, President Karzai submitted 7 names for a third round of confirmation in the National Assembly. Five of them were approved by the National Assembly, leaving only six of the 25 ministries left with an ‘acting minister.’WEB,www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html, Afghanistan Online: Cabinet of ministers, Afghan-web.com, 23 November 2011,www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20100330151322www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html,">web.archive.org/web/20100330151322www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html, 30 March 2010, dead, In the line chart below is the list of members of the current Afghan Cabinet (2009–2014).WEB,www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html, Members of President Hamid Karzai’s Cabinet, Afghan-web.com, 23 November 2011,www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20100330151322www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html,">web.archive.org/web/20100330151322www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html, 30 March 2010, dead, {| class=“wikitable”!Portfolio!Name!Years!StatusAfghan President>President| Hamid Karzai| 2009–2014| Chosen by electorate First Vice President| Mohammed Fahim | 2009–2014 | Chosen by electorate, died March 2014 | Yunus Qanuni| 2014-2014| Approved by the National AssemblyVice President of Afghanistan>Second Vice President| Karim Khalili| 2009–2014| Chosen by electorate Foreign Affairs Minister| Zalmai Rassoul| 2010–2013| Resigned in 2013 to run for president| Zarar Ahmad Moqbel| 2013–2014| Approved by the National Assembly Defense Minister| Abdul Rahim Wardak| 2010–2012| Voted out of office by the National Assembly in 2012| Bismillah Khan Mohammadi| 2012–2014| Approved by the National Assembly Interior Minister| Mohammad Hanif Atmar| 2010-2010| Resigned June 2010 | Bismillah Khan Mohammadi| 2010–2012| Approved by the National Assembly, voted out of office by the National Assembly in 2012| Ghulam Mujtaba Patang| 2012–2013| Was voted out of office by the National Assembly in 2013| Mohammad Omar Daudzai| 2013–2014| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Finance (Afghanistan)>Finance Minister| Omar Zakhilwal| 2010–2014| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Economics (Afghanistan)>Economic Minister| Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal| 2010–2014| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Justice (Afghanistan)>Justice Minister| Habibullah Ghaleb| 2010–2014| Approved by the National Assembly, died in March 2014Ministry of Information and Culture (Afghanistan)>Information and Cultural Affairs Minister| Sayed Makhdum Raheen| 2010–2014| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Education (Afghanistan)>Education Minister| Ghulam Farooq Wardak| 2010–2014| Approved by the National Assembly Higher Education Minister| Sarwar Danish| 2010–2012| Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister | Obaidaullah Obaid| 2012–2014| Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, but in 2012 nominated again and approved Trade and Commerce Minister| Ghulam Mohammad Eelaqi| 2010-2010| Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister| Anwar ul-Haq Ahady| 2010–2013| Approved by the National Assembly, resigned in 2013 to run for president| Mohammad Shakir Kargar| 2013–2014| Approved by the National Assembly Water and Energy Minister| Ismail Khan | 2010–2013| Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, served as acting minister, approved in 2012. Resigned in 2013 to become running mate of Abdurrab Rasul Sayaf.| Mohammad Arif Noorzai| 2013–2014| Approved by the National Assembly Transportation and Aviation Minister| Mohammadulla Batash| 2010-2010| Rejected by the National Assembly, served half a year as acting minister | Daoud Ali Najafi| 2010–2014| Rejected in 2010, served as acting minister, approved by the National Assemblyin 2012Press release by the Government Media & Information Center of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, 6 March 2012, 11:10 h Public Works Minister| Sohrab Ali Safari| 2010-2010| Never proposed to the National Assembly, acting minister until 2010 | Abdul Qadus Hamidi| 2010–2012| Approved by the National Assembly in 2010| Najibullah Aoudjan| 2012–2014| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Women’s Affairs (Afghanistan)>Women’s Affairs Minister| Husn Bano Ghazanfar| 2010–2014| Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, served as acting minister and approved in 2012 Ministry Hajj and Islamic Affairs (Afghanistan)>Haj and Islamic Affairs Minister| Mohammad Yousef Niazi | 2010–2014| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Public Health (Afghanistan)>Public Health Minister| Suraya Dalil| 2010–2014| Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, served as Acting Minister, Approved in 2012Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation & Livestock (Afghanistan)>Agriculture Minister| Mohammad Asif Rahimi| 2010–2014| Approved by the National Assembly Mines Minister| Waheedullah Sharani | 2010–2013| Approved by the National Assembly, Resigned in 2013 to become running mate to Qayum Karzai.| Mohammad Akbar Barakzai| 2013–2014| Approved by the National AssemblyMinistry of Communications (Afghanistan)>Ministry of Communications and Information Technology| Amirzai Sangin| 2010–2014| Rejected by the National Assembly in 2010, served as Acting Minister, Approved in 2012 Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister| Jarullah Mansouri | 2010–2012| Approved by the National Assembly| Wais Ahmad Barmak| 2012–2014| Approved by the National AssemblyAfghan Work, Social Affairs, Martyred and Disabled Minister>Work, Social Affairs, Martyred and Disabled Minister| Amina Afzali| 2010–2014| Approved by the National Assembly Border Affairs and Tribal Affairs Minister| Arsala Jamal| 2010-2010| Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister | Assadullah Khalid| 2010–2012| Approved by the National Assembly| Azizullah Din Mohammad| 2012–2013| Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister| Akram Khpalwak| 2013–2014| Approved by the National Assembly Urban Development Minister| Sultan Hussain | 2010–2012| Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister | Hasan Abdullahai| 2012–2014| Approved by the National Assembly Counter Narcotics Minister| Zarar Ahmad Moqbel Osmani | 2010–2013| Approved by the National Assembly, resigned in 2013 to become Foreign Affairs Minister| Mobarez Rashidi| 2014-2014| Approved by the National Assembly Refugees and Repatriation MinisterAbdul Rahim (engineer)>Abdul Rahim | 2010-2010| Rejected by the National Assembly, served as acting minister| Jamahir Anwari| 2010–2014| Approved by the National AssemblyNational Directorate of Security>Chief of the National Directorate of Security| Amrullah Saleh Ibrahim Spinzada Asadullah Khalid Rahmatullah Nabil|| Resigned in 2010 Acting head since 2010National Security Advisor (Afghanistan)>National Security Advisor| Rangeen Dadfar Spanta||

Karzai administration 2004–2009

In the line chart below is the list of members of the Afghan Cabinet from 2004 to 2009.WEB,www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html, Afghanistan Online: Members of President Hamid Karzai’s Cabinet, Afghan-web.com, 23 November 2011,www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20100330151322www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html,">web.archive.org/web/20100330151322www.afghan-web.com/politics/cabinet_members.html, 30 March 2010, dead, Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026201651www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-a/afghanistan.html |date=26 October 2009 }} CIA World Leaders, 30 March 2009{| class=“wikitable”!Portfolio!Minister!Years!NotesAfghan President>President| Hamid Karzai| 2004–2009|Afghan Vice President>First Vice President| Ahmad Zia Massoud| 2004–2009|Afghan Vice President>Second Vice President| Karim Khalili| 2004–2009|Senior Minister of Afghanistan>Senior Minister| Hedayat Amin Arsala| 2006–2009| Post did not exist prior to 2006Afghan Foreign Minister>Foreign Minister| Abdullah Abdullah Rangin Dadfar SpantaPUBLISHER=AFGHANEMBASSYJP.COM ARCHIVE-DATE=9 OCTOBER 2010 URL-STATUS=LIVE, |Afghan Defense Minister>Defense Minister| Abdul Rahim Wardak| 2004–2009|Afghan Interior Minister>Interior Minister| Ali Ahmad Jalali Ahmad Moqbel Zarar Mohamad Hanif AtmarPUBLISHER=MASHREQI.NET ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20120308185236/HTTP://WWW.MASHREQI.NET/HTML/KABINETTMITGLIEDER.HTM#SOCIALLABOR URL-STATUS=DEAD, 2005–2008 2008–2009|Afghan Finance Minister>Finance Minister| Anwar ul-Haq Ahady Omar ZakhilwalURL-STATUS=DEADARCHIVEDATE=3 NOVEMBER 2010, 2009-2009|Afghan Economic Minister>Economic Minister| Mohammad Amin Farhang Mohammad Jalil Shams| 2004–2006 2006–2009PUBLISHER=INSTITUTE-FOR-AFGHAN-STUDIES.ORG URL-STATUS=DEAD ARCHIVE-DATE=27 SEPTEMBER 2011, Afghan Justice Minister>Justice Minister| Sarwar Danish| 2004–2009|Afghan Youth Affairs Minister>Youth Minister Afghan Information and Culture Affairs Minister Afghan Culture and Youth Affairs Minister>Culture and Youth Affairs Minister .| Amina Afzali Sayed Makhdum Rahin Sayed Makhdum Rahin Abdul Karim Khoram| 2004–2006 2004–2006 2006-2006 2006–2009| Position merged with Minister of Culture in 2006 Position merged with Minister of Youth in 2006 Combination of the posts of minister of Youth Affairs and minister of Information and CultureAfghan Education Minister>Education minister| Noor Mohammad Qarqeen Mohamad Hanif Atmar Ghulam Farooq Wardak| 2004–2006 2006–2008 2008–2009|Afghan Higher Education Minister>Higher Education Minister| Ameer Shah Hasanyaar Mohammad Azam Dadfar| 2004–2006 2006–2009|Afghan Commerce Minister>Commerce Minister Commerce and Industries Minister . . | Hedayat Amin Arsala Mohammad Amin Farhang Mohammad Haidar Reza Wahidullah Shahrani| 2004–2006 2006–? ?-2008 2008–2009| Industries in 2006 transferred from portofolio of Mines to portofolio of CommerceAfghan Water and Energy Minister>Water and Energy Minister| Ismail Khan| 2004–2009|Afghan Transportation and Aviation Minister>Transportation and Aviation Minister| Enayatullah Qasemi Nimatullah Ehsan Jawed Hamidullah Qaderi Omar Zakhilwal Hamidullah Farooqi| 2004–2006 2006–2008 2008?–2008 2008–2009 2009-2009|Afghan Women’s Affairs Minister>Women’s Affairs Minister| Massouda Jalal Husn Bano Ghazanfar| 2004–2006 2006–2009|Afghan Haj and Islamic Affairs Minister>Haj and Islamic Affairs Minister| Nematullah Shahrani| 2004–2009|Afghan Public Welfare Minister>Public Welfare Minister| Sohrab Ali Saffari| 2004–2009|Afghan Public Health Minister>Public Health Minister| Mohammad Amin Fatemi| 2004–2009|Afghan Agriculture Minister>Agriculture Minister| Obaidullah Ramin Mohammad Asif Rahimi| 2004–2008 2008–2009| Afghan Mines and Industries Minister>Mines and Industries Minister Mines MinisterMir Mohammad Sediq Ibrahim Adel (politician)>Ibrahim Adel | 2004–2006 2006–2009|Afghan Communications Minister>Communications Minister| Amirzai Sangin| 2004–2009|Afghan Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister>Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister| Mohamad Hanif Atmar Ehsan Zia| 2004–2006 2006–2009| Afghan Work and Social Affairs Minister>Work and Social Affairs Minister Afghan Martyrs and Disabled Minister Afghan Work, Social Affairs, Martyred and Disabled Minister>Work, Social Affairs, Martyred and Disabled Minister| Sayed Ikramuddin Masoomi Sediqa Balkhi Noor Mohammad Qarqeen| 2004–2006 2004–2006 2006–2009| The Ministry of Disabled and Martyrs was merged with the Ministry of Social Affairs in 2006Afghan Border Affairs and Tribal Affairs Minister>Border Affairs and Tribal Affairs Minister| Azam Dadfar Abdul Karim Brahui| 2004–2008 2008–2009|Afghan Urban Development Minister>Urban Development Minister| Yousef Pashtun| 2004–2009|Afghan Counter Narcotics Minister>Counter Narcotics Minister| Habibullah Qaderi General Khodaydad| 2004–2008 2008–2009 Afghan Refugees and Repatriation Minister>Refugees and Repatriation Minister| Azam Dadfar Sher Mohammad Etebari Abdul Karim Barahawi | 2004–? ?-2009 2009-2009Afghan Attorney General>Attorney General| Mohammad Ishaq Aloko||| Afghan National Security Adviser| Zalmai Rassoul||

Afghan Interim Administration and Afghan Transitional Administration (2001–2004)

Afghan Transitional Administration (2002–2004)

The Bonn conference of December 2001 had installed an interim government, the 2002 Loya Jirga subsequently elected a transitional administration. From July 2002 until the presidential elections in October 2004, the Transitional Administration governed Afghanistan.{| class=“wikitable sortable“|+ Transitional Afghan MinistersNEWS,www.nps.edu/Academics/centers/ccc/publications/OnlineJournal/2006/Feb/johnsonFeb06.pdf, The Prospects for Post-Conflict Afghanistan: A Call of the Sirens to the Country’s Troubled Past, V, 2, February 2006, Thomas H. Johnson, Strategic Insights, 2009-06-29,www.nps.edu/Academics/centers/ccc/publications/OnlineJournal/2006/Feb/johnsonFeb06.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20100224025719www.nps.edu/Academics/centers/ccc/publications/OnlineJournal/2006/Feb/johnsonFeb06.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20100224025719www.nps.edu/Academics/centers/ccc/publications/OnlineJournal/2006/Feb/johnsonFeb06.pdf, live, 2010-02-24, ! TransitionalAuthorityPosition || Name || Incumbent/NewPresident of Afghanistan>President Hamid Karzai Incumbent (before chairman)Afghan Defense Minister>Defense Minister Mohammed Fahim IncumbentKarim Khalili >| NewHedayat Amin Arsala >| New (was Finance Minister)Afghan Public Works Minister>Public Works Minister Abdul Qadir (Afghan leader) Abdul Ali (Afghan politician)>Abdul Ali New (was Urban Affairs Minister) (killed on 6 July 2002) New (Ali only took over the Public Works portfolio after 6 July 2002Afghan Constitution Commission >Nematullah Shahrani >| NewSpecial Advisor on Security and Afghan Education Minister>Education Minister Yunus Qanuni Incumbent (Special Advisor on Security is new post)Afghan Foreign Minister>Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah IncumbentAfghan Finance Minister>Finance Minister Mohammad Ashraf Ghani NewAfghan Interior Minister>Interior Minister Taj Mohammed Wardak Ali Ahmad Jalali NewNew (Jalali replaced Wardak in January 2003)Afghan Planning Minister>Planning Minister Mohammad Mohaqiq Incumbent (but lost role as vice-chair)Afghan Communications Minister>Communications Minister Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai NewAfghan Borders Minister>Borders Minister Arif Nurzai New (was Small Industries Minister)Afghan Refugees Minister>Refugees Minister Intayatullah Nazeri IncumbentAfghan Mines Minister>Mines Minister Juma Muhammad Muhammadi NewAfghan Light Industries Minister>Light Industries Minister Mohammed Alim Razm IncumbentAfghan Public Health Minister>Health Minister Sohaila Siddiqi IncumbentAfghan Commerce Minister>Commerce Minister Sayed Mustafa Kasemi IncumbentAfghan Agriculture Minister>Agriculture Minister Sayed Hussain Anwari IncumbentAfghan Justice Minister>Justice Minister Abbas Karimi (politician)>Abbas Karimi IncumbentAfghan Information and Culture Minister>Information and Culture Minister Saeed Makhdoom Rahim IncumbentAfghan Reconstruction Minister>Reconstruction Minister Mohammed Fahim Farhang IncumbentAfghan Haj and Mosques Minister>Haj and Mosques Minister Mohammed Amin Naziryar NewAfghan Urban Affairs Minister>Urban Affairs Minister Yousef PashtunGul Agha Sherzai NewNew (Sherzai took over on 16 August 2003)Afghan Water and Power Minister>Water and Power Minister Mohammad Shakir Karkar Incumbent (but los role as Vice-chair)Afghan Irrigation & Environment Minister>Irrigation & Environment Minister Ahmed Yusuf Nuristani NewAfghan Martyrs and Disabled Minister>Martyrs and Disabled Minister Abdullah Wardak IncumbentAfghan Higher Education Minister>Higher Education Minister Sharif Faez IncumbentAfghan Civil Aviation & Tourism Minister>Civil Aviation & Tourism Minister Mirwais Sadiq New (was Labor and Social Affairs Minister)Afghan Transportation Minister>Transportation Minister Sayed Mohammed Ali Jawad Afghan Rural Development Minister>Rural Development Minister Hanif Asmar NewAfghan Labor and Social Affairs Minister>Labor and Social Affairs Minister Noor Mohammad Qarqin Ministry of Women’s Affairs (Afghanistan)>Woman’s Affairs Minister Habiba Sorabi NewSupreme Court Chief Justice >Hadi Shinwari >|Afghan Security Adviser>Security Advisor Zalmai Rassoul Afghan State or Advisor-Minister for Women’s Affairs>State or Advisor-Minister for Women’s Affairs Mahbooba Hoquqmal Governor of the Afghan Central Bank>Governor of the Afghan Central Bank Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi

Afghan interim administration (Dec 2001–Jul 2002)

Following the late 2001 ouster of the Taliban regime approximately two dozen leading Afghans met in Germany at the Bonn Conference to choose a leadership and set in place a timeline for the adoption of a new constitution for a new Afghan government, and the timeline for choosing an executive and legislature by democratic election. In the chart below is the list of members of the Interim Afghan authority. The Afghan Interim Administration (AIA) was the first administration of Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban regime and was the highest authority of the country from 22 December 2001 until 13 July 2002.{| class=“wikitable sortable“|+ Interim Ministers! InterimAdministrationPosition || Name || NotesHamid Karzai >| Independent Pashtun tribal leader in exile in PakistanAfghan Defense Minister>Defense Minister Mohammed Fahim Defense Minister of the United Islamic FrontAfghan Women’s Affairs Minister>Women’s Affairs Sima Samar Founder of the Shuhada Organization and Shuhada Clinic in Quetta, Rome Group.Afghan Planning Minister>Planning Minister Mohammed Mohaqqeq Warlord fighting against the Taliban for the People’s Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan in the United Islamic FrontAfghan Water and Energy Minister>Water and Energy Minister Ahmed Shakar Karkar United Islamic FrontAfghan Finance Minister>Finance Minister Hedayat Amin Arsala Foreign Minister of the Islamic State of Afghanistan in the 90s. Rome group.Afghan Foreign Minister>Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah Foreign Minister of the United Islamic FrontAfghan Interior Minister>Interior Minister Yunus Qanuni Interior Minister of the United Islamic FrontAfghan Communications Minister>Communications Minister Abdul Rahim (engineer) >| United Islamic FrontAfghan Borders Minister>Borders Minister Amanullah Zadran Taliban leader, who defected after the American invasion, Rome GroupAfghan Refugees Minister>Refugees Minister Intayatullah Nazeri United Islamic FrontAfghan Small Industries Minister>Small Industries Minister Aref Noozari United Islamic FrontAfghan Mines and Industries Minister>Mines and Industry Minister Mohammed Alim Razm United Islamic FrontAfghan Public Health Minister>Health Minister Sohaila Siddiqi Has been in the governments of king Mohammed Zahir Shah and the communist regime of the 1970s and 1980s. IndependentAfghan Commerce Minister>Commerce Minister Sayed Mustafa Kasemi Spokesmen and leader of United National FrontAfghan Agriculture Minister>Agriculture Minister Sayed Hussain Anwari Chief military commander of the Harakat-e Islami in the United National FrontAfghan Justice Minister>Justice Minister Abbas Karimi (politician) >| United Islamic FrontAfghan Information and Culture Minister>Information and Culture Minister Saeed Makhdoom Rahim Poet and writer, Rome groupAfghan Reconstruction Minister>Reconstruction Minister Mohammed Fahim Farhang Rome GroupAfghan Haj and Mosques Minister>Haj and Mosques Minister Mohammad Hanif Balkhi IndependentAfghan Urban Affairs Minister>Urban Affairs Minister Abdul Qadir (Afghan leader) >| Leader in the United National Front for the Hezb-e Islami Khalis factionAfghan Public Works Minister>Public Works Minister Abdul Khaliq Fazal Rome groupAfghan Irrigation Minister>Irrigation Minister Mangal Hussein Previously warlord for the Hezbi Islami Gulbuddin, Peshawar groupAfghan Martyrs and Disabled Minister>Martyrs and Disabled Minister Abdullah Wardak Leader in the United National Front for the Islamic Union for the Liberation of AfghanistanAfghan Higher Education Minister>Higher Education Minister Sharif Faez United Islamic FrontAfghan Civil Aviation & Tourism Minister>Civil Aviation & Tourism Minister Abdul Rahman (Afghan minister) >| Member of United Islamic Front, but he threw his support to former king Zahir Shah and became a member of the Rome GroupAfghan Labor and Social Affairs>Labor and Social Affairs Mirwais Saddiq Son of Ismail Khan, United Islamic FrontAfghan Transportation Minister>Transportation Minister Sultan Hamid Sultan Afghan Education Minister>Education Minister Abdul Rassoul Amin Member of the National Islamic Front and the Rome group.Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development>Rural Development Minister Abdul Malik Anwar United Islamic Front

Islamic Emirate (1996–2001)

{{see also|Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)#Government}}This government was only recognized by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, though Pakistan and the United Emirates later withdrew their recognition after the September 11 attacks. All other states continued to recognize the Islamic State of Afghanistan.{| class=“wikitable”!Portfolio!Name!Years!StatusHead of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan>Supreme CommanderMullah Omar>Mohammed Omar| 1996–2001| Disputed by Burhanuddin Rabbani Deputy Supreme Commander| Mohammad Rabbani| 1996–2001|| Abdul Kabir| 2001–2001|Ministry of Education (Afghanistan)>Education Minister| Abdul Salam Hanafi|| Deputy Minister Minister of Planning| Din Mohammad Hanif||| Mohammad Musa Hottak|| Deputy minister Chief Justice of Afghanistan>Chief Justice| Abdul Hakim Haqqani||Ministry of Information and culture| Amir Khan Muttaqi||| Abdul Baqi Haqqani|| Vice Minister| Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock| Abdul Latif Mansur||Foreign Minister| Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai| 1996–1998| Acting and Deputy minister| Mohammad Ghous| 1996–1997|Abdul Jalil (Taliban leader)>Abdul Jalil| 1997–1998|Mohammad Hassan Akhund>Mohammad Hassan| 1998–1999|| Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil| 1999–2001| DisputedDefense Minister| Saadullah Popal| 1996–1997| Acting| Obaidullah Akhund| 1997–2001|| Mohammad Fazl|| Deputy minister| Abdul Qayyum Zakir| | For a short periodInterior Minister| Abdul Samad Khaksar| 1996–2001| Minister or Deputy Minister | Qari Ahmadullah| 1996–?|| Khairullah Khairkhwa|1997–1998|Abdur Razzaq (Taliban Interior Minister)>Abdur Razzaq||Health Minister| Abdul Rauf Mohammad|1996–1999| Acting| Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai|| Deputy minister| Minister of Construction| Dadullah||Finance Minister| Mohammad Ahmadi| ? - 1999 - ?|| Agha Jan Motasim| ? - 1999 - ?|| Muhammad Taher Anwari| ? - 2000 - ?|Minister of Higher Education| Hamdullah Nomani|| Din Mohammad Hanif||Ministry of Justice (Afghanistan)>Minister of Justice| Nooruddin Turabi| 1996-2001|Minister of CommerceAbdul Razak (Guantanamo captive 1043)>Abdul Razak| 1999-2001|| Fazal Mohammad|| Deputy minister| Minister of Frontier Affairs| Abdul Hakim Munib|| Deputy minister

References

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