KABUL — Taliban have reassigned six officials to new positions, including three deputy ministers, a provincial governor, a police chief, and a central bank oversight director, according to a decree issued by Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada.
The reshuffle, announced by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, includes Ubaidullah Aminzadeh, the former Taliban governor of Takhar, appointed as Taliban deputy minister of labor and social affairs.
Also, Zia-ur-Rahman Aryoubi, Taliban’s former deputy minister of mines and petroleum, reassigned as Taliban’s deputy minister for academic affairs at the Ministry of Higher Education.
Abdul Rahman Qanit, previously Taliban’s head of central bank oversight, now serving as Taliban’s deputy minister for planning and policy at the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum.
Samiullah Hizbullah, formerly Taliban’s police chief of Kandahar, appointed as Taliban governor of Takhar.
Abdul Ahad Talib, Taliban’s former governor of Helmand, reassigned as Taliban’s police chief of Kandahar.
And Lotfullah Khairkhwa, previously Taliban’s deputy minister for academic affairs at the Ministry of Higher Education, now serving as Taliban’s head of central bank oversight.
Since returning to power in August 2021, Taliban have largely reassigned their officials within their own ranks, moving members from one post to another rather than appointing new figures.
