Abdul Latif Mansur
Abdul Latif Mansur | |
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ملا عبداللطیف منصور | |
Minister of Energy and Water (Acting) | |
Assumed office 7 September 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Mohammad Hassan Akhund (acting) |
Supreme Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
Minister of Agriculture | |
In office c. 1996 – c. 2001 | |
Prime Minister | Mohammed Rabbani Abdul Kabir |
Succeeded by | Abdul Rahman Rashid (2021) |
Leader | Mohammed Omar |
Personal details | |
Born | 1968 Gerda Serai District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan |
Nationality | Afghanistan |
Political party | Taliban |
Profession | Politician |
Mulla Abdul Latif Mansur (Pashto: ملا عبداللطیف منصور [ˈabdʊl laˈtif manˈsur]; born 1968) is an Afghan senior leader of the Taliban and current Minister of Energy and Water since 7 September 2021.[1] He is also a central member of the negotiation team in the Qatar office. He previously served as Minister of Agriculture, member of the , commander in eastern Afghanistan and shadow governor of Nangarhar Province in the previous Taliban government (1996–2001).[2][3]
Early life[]
Mansur was born in 1968 in the Gerda Serai District, Paktia Province. He is a nephew of Commander Nasrullah Mansoor and belongs to the Ghilzai tribe.[4] He spent most of his life in Pakistan, where he completed his Islamic studies at the Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.[5]
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- Living people
- 1968 births
- Taliban leaders
- Taliban government ministers of Afghanistan
- Taliban commanders
- People from Paktia Province