The Cabinet of Afghanistan (also known as the Council of Ministers) is the executive body of the government of the country, responsible for day-to-day governance and the implementation of policy set by the Leadership. In its modern form it has existed since the beginning of the reign of Emir Amanullah Khan in 1919.

The cabinet 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.

Predecessors to a cabinet

18th century

When Ahmad Shah Durrani started ruling over his empire in 1747, he had no administrative experience, nor did much of his closest advisors. As a result, he chose to adopt a government style similar to the Mughals and Safavids, with his main idea of a government based on an absolute monarchy. A tribal council ruled in hand with Ahmad Shah as well, serving as a form of cabinet. However, Ahmad Shah had made the positions of his cabinet hereditary, thus making it difficult to dismiss advisors without causing conflict. Their roles, however, were mostly purely de jure, and tasks were delegated to subordinates.

His grandson Zaman Shah had wanted a ministry and cabinet that would be loyal to him and of his people, as a result he had replaced the old ministry of his father Timur Shah and replaced them with loyal Pashtuns devoted to himself, strengthening his position on the throne.

19th century

Under Emir Sher Ali Khan, Afghanistan saw its first formal cabinet structure. He first established a twelve-member consultative state council (the first such body since Ahmad Shah Durrani) composed of civic leaders and military officers of his own selection, though it faded in practice during the latter years of his reign. In 1873, on the occasion of the official nomination of Sardar Abdullah Jan as heir apparent, the Emir enlarged the executive branch and promoted a set of officials to ministerial positions with Pashto titles. He did not include any member of the royal Mohammadzai dynasty. Instead, he explicitly applied the principle of personal qualification in his appointments.

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! colspan="2" | Affiliation !! Origin

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| Prime Minister || Nur Mohammad Shah Foshanji || 1873 – before 21 February 1879

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! colspan="6" | Key ministries

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| Foreign Affairs || Aersala Khan Ghilzay || 1873 – before 21 February 1879

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| pro-Sher Ali

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| War || Hussayn 'Ali Khan || 1873 – before 21 February 1879

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| pro-Sher Ali

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| Home Affairs || 'Asmat Allah Khan Ghilzay || 1873 – before 21 February 1879

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| pro-Sher Ali

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| Finance || Habib Allah Khan Wardak || 1873 – 21 February 1879

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| pro-Sher Ali

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| Treasury || Ahmad 'Ali Khan Timuri || 1873 – before 21 February 1879

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| pro-Sher Ali

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| Chief Secretary || Mohammad Hassan Khan || 1873 – before 21 February 1879

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| pro-Sher Ali

| Qizilbash

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{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Yaqub Khan cabinet

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! colspan="2" | Affiliation !! Origin

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! colspan="6" | Role

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! colspan="6" | Key ministries

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| External Affairs || Shah Mohammad Khan || before – after 14 September 1879

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| pro-Yaqub Khan

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| Finance || Habib Allah Khan Wardak

However, this council had no prime minister and no real power, serving only in an advisory capacity. Its members included high-ranking officials like the Lord Chamberlain ('Ishik Aghasi' or Shahghasi), the Seal Keeper, the Chief Secretary, secretaries appointed by the Amir, officers of the Royal Guard, the Treasurer of the Amir's private wealth, the Secretary of State for War, regional Secretaries of State, the Postmaster General, the Commander-in-Chief, the Master of the Horse, the Kotwal (equivalent to an Interior Minister), the Accountant General, the Chief Chamberlain, the Superintendent of the Armory, and heads of the Trade and Education Boards.

Early 20th century

In 1914, counselors advised Emir Habibullah Khan on different political issues and had some form of authority. With Emir Amanullah Khan's ascension to the throne on 28 February 1919, amidst numerous political reforms, the Council of Ministers, headed by Amanullah himself, was established, creating the first well-structured cabinet in the history of Afghanistan.

Emirate/Kingdom (1919–1973)

Quddus/Ahmad cabinet (1919–1929)

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|+ Quddus Cabinet

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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|rowspan="2" | Prime Minister || Abdul Quddus Khan || 28 February 1919 – 25 October 1927

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|Shir Ahmad Khan || 25 October 1927 – 17 January 1929

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| rowspan="3" | President of Assembly || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| did not exist until April 1924

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|Shir Ahmad Khan || 28 February 1919 – June 1922

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|Muhammad Wali Khan Darwazi || June 1922 – April 1924

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|Shir Ahmad Khan <small>(acting)</small> || January – November 1927

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|Muhammad Wali Khan Darwazi

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|Ghulam Siddiq Khan Charkhi || May 1919 – January 1922

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|Mohammad Hashim Khan || January – September 1922

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|Muhammad Nadir Khan || August 1919 – June 1925

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|Abdul Aziz Barakzai || June 1925 – 1928

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|Abdul Ahad Wardak || 1928 – 17 January 1929

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| rowspan="2" | Justice || Muhammad Ibrahim || 1919 – 1924

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| Hayatullah Khan || 1924 – 17 January 1929

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! colspan="6" | other ministries

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| rowspan="4" | Commerce || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| did not exist until March 1919

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|Ghulam Muhammad Wardak || March 1919 – April 1924

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| Abdul Hadi Dawi || April 1924 – 1928

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| Ali Muhammad || 1919

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| Abdul Habib Khan || 1919

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| Muhammad Sulaiman || ?

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| Hayatullah Khan || ?

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| Faiz Mohammad Khan Zikeria || Haji Nizamuddin Khan || 1919 – ?

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| rowspan="2" | Revenue || Mirza Mahmud|| ?

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| Mir Muhammad Hashim|| 1922 – 17 January 1929

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| rowspan="2"| Health

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Saqqawist cabinet

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! colspan="2" | Affiliation !! Origin

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| Prime Minister || unclear|| 19 January – 13 October 1929

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  • Saqqawist

| Tajik

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! colspan="6" | Key ministries

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| Foreign Affairs || Ata al-Haqq || 19 January – 13 October 1929

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  • Saqqawist

| Tajik

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| rowspan="2" | Defense|| Sayyid Husayn || 19 January – before 24 March 1929

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  • Saqqawist

| Tajik

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| Purdil Khan || before 24 March – 13 October 1929

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  • Saqqawist

| Tajik

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| Interior Affairs || Abd al-Ghafur Khan || 19 January – 13 October 1929

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  • Saqqawist

| Tajik

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| Finance || Mirza Mujtaba Khan || 19 January – 13 October 1929

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  • Saqqawist

| Tajik

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First Hashim cabinet (1929–1933)

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|+ Hashim Cabinet

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| Prime Minister || Mohammad Hashim Khan

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| Prime Minister || Mohammad Hashim Khan || 1938 – 1940

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| Muhammad Naim || 1940 – 9 May 1946

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| rowspan="2" | Second Deputy Prime Minister || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| did not exist until 1940

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| Abdur Rahim Khan || 8 November 1933 – 1939

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| Ali Muhammad || 8 November 1933 – 9 May 1946

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| rowspan="4" | Interior || Mohammad Gul Khan Momand || 8 November 1933 – 1939

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| Ghulam Faruq Usman <small>(National Economy)</small> || 1938 – 9 May 1946

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| rowspan="2" | Education || Ahmad Ali Sulaiman || 8 November 1933 – 1938

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| Muhammad Naim || 1938 – 9 May 1946

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| rowspan="5" |Public Works || Allah Nawaz || 8 November 1933 – 1934

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| Abdur Rahim Khan || 8 November 1933 – 1939

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| Abdul Hussain Aziz || 1939 – 1942

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| vacant (First Deputy: Muhammad Hussain Daftari) || 1942 – 1945

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| Ghulam Yahya Tarzi Because these offices are preserved by oral history, specific term dates are unavailable. The Safi revolt itself lasted from .

{| class="wikitable"

|+Lewana Cabinet

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| Prime Minister || Shah Mahmud Khan || 1948 – 1949

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| Ali Muhammad || 1949 – 14 October 1950

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| Second Deputy Prime Minister || Abdur Rahim Khan || 9 May 1946 – 1948

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|Muhammad Umar || 1948 – 14 October 1950

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| rowspan="3"| Interior || Ghulam Faruq Usman || 9 May 1946 – 1948

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| Asadullah Seraj || 9 May 1946 – 1949

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| Abdul Hussain Aziz ||1949 – 14 October 1950

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| Public Works || Mohammed Kabir Ludin || 9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950

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| rowspan="2" | Health || Ahmad Ali Sulaiman || 9 May 1946 – 1947

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| Abdul Majid || 1947 – 14 October 1950

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| Information || Abdullah Malikyar || 9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950

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| Mines || Ghulam Muhammad Sherzad

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| Press || 9 May 1946 – 14 October 1950

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Second Mahmud cabinet (1950–1953)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Mahmud Cabinet

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| rowspan="2" |Prime Minister || Shah Mahmud Khan || 7 – 20 September 1953

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| First Deputy Prime Minister || Ali Muhammad

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| Sultan Ahmad Khan Sherzoy || 18 March – 20 September 1953

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|Defense || Mohammad Daoud Khan || 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953

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| Interior || Abdul Ahad Malikyar || 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953

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| Justice || Mir Sayyid Muhammad Qasim || 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953

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| Finance || Muhammad Nauruz || 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953

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! colspan="6" | other ministries

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| National Economy || Mir Muhammad Haidar Husaini || 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953

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| Education || Abdul Majid

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| Public Works || Muhammad Akram Parwanta || 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953

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| Public Health || Ghulam Faruq || 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953

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| rowspan="3" |Post and Telegraph/<br/>Communications || Ghulam Muhammad Sherzad || 14 October 1950 – 1951

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| Ghulam Yahya Tarzi || 1951 – 1952

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| Ghulam Muhammad Sherzad || 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953

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| Tribal Affairs || 14 October 1950 – 20 September 1953

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First Daoud cabinet (1953–1963)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Daoud Cabinet

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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|rowspan="2"|Prime Minister || Mohammad Daoud Khan || 10 – 14 March 1963

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| First Deputy Prime Minister || Ali Muhammad || 20 September 1953 – 6 December 1955

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| vacant || 6 December 1955 – 1958

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| Mohammad Daoud Khan

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| Abdul Hakim Shah Alami || 24 January 1956 – 1958

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| Sayyid Abdullah || 1958 – 14 March 1963

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| rowspan="2" |Justice || Mir Sayyid Muhammad Qasim

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| Sayyid Abdullah <small>(acting)</small>|| 24 January 1956 – 14 March 1963

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| rowspan="2"| Finance || Abdul Malik Abdul-Rahim-Zai <small>(acting)</small> || 20 September 1953 – 1957|| 20 September 1953 – 1954

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| Abdul Malik Abdul-Rahim-Zai|| 1957 – 14 March 1963

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| rowspan="2"|Public Works || Abdul Hakim Shah Alami

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| Abdul Zahir <small>(acting)</small> || 24 January 1956 – 14 March 1963

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| rowspan="2"|Post and Telegraph/<br/>Communications || Abdul Hakim Shah Alami || 20 September 1953 – 14 March 1963

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| rowspan="3"|Agriculture ||Mir Muhammad Yusuf|| 20 September 1953 – 1958

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| Ghulam Haidar Adalat || 1958 – 1962

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| Muhammad Nasir Keshawarz || 1962 – 14 March 1963

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| rowspan="5"|Press <small>(acting)</small>|| 1956 – 1958

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| Sayyid Qasim Rishtiya || 1960 – 14 March 1963

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| Tribal Affairs

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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|rowspan="2"|Prime Minister || Mohammad Yusuf || 29 October – 2 November 1965

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| rowspan="4" |(First) Deputy Prime Minister || Abdullah Malikyar <small>(First Deputy)</small> || 14 March 1963 – 7 July 1964

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| vacant|| 7 July – 30 September 1964

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| Abdul Zahir

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| rowspan="2" | Second Deputy Prime Minister || Ali Ahmad Popal || 14 March 1963 – 2 November 1965 || 23 May 1963 – 25 October 1965

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| Mohammad Husain Messa || 25 October – 2 November 1965 || 25 October – 2 November 1965|| 20 October 1963 – 2 November 1965

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| Nour Ali|| 25 October – 2 November 1965|| 7 July 1964 – 2 November 1965 || 14 March 1963 – 2 November 1965

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| Ghulam Dastagir Azizi || 25 October – 2 November 1965 || 14 March 1963 – 30 September 1964

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| Abdul Zahir || 12 November 1963 – 2 November 1965|| 14 March 1963 – 25 October 1965

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| Mir Mohammad Akbar Reza || 25 October – 2 November 1965

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| Gul Pacha Ulfat || 25 April 1963 – 25 October 1965

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| vacant || 25 October – 2 November 1965 || 25 October – 2 November 1965

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| rowspan="2"| Prime Minister || Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal</small> || 11 October – 15 November 1967

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| rowspan="2"| First Deputy Prime Minister || vacant || 2 November 1965 – 20 June 1966

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| Nur Ahmad Etemadi || 20 June 1966 – 15 November 1967

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| rowspan="2"| Second Deputy Prime Minister || vacant || 2 November 1965 – 20 June 1966

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| Abdul Satar Shalizi || 26 January – 15 November 1967

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| rowspan="3"| Justice || Abdul Hakim Tabibi || 2 November 1965 – 17 August 1966

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| Mohammad Haider || 17 July – 15 November 1967

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| rowspan="2"| Finance || Abdullah Yaftali || 1 December 1965 – 15 November 1967

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| rowspan="2"| Public Works || Ahmadullah || 1 December 1965 – 15 November 1967

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| rowspan="3"| Communications || Mohammad Haider

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| Abdul Karim Hakimi|| 17 August 1966 – 26 January 1967

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| Mohammad Azim Gran <small>(acting)</small>|| 26 January – 15 November 1967

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| Mines and Industries || Abdul Samad Salim || 2 November 1965 – 15 November 1967

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| Agriculture || Mir Mohammad Akbar Reza <small>(Press and Information)</small> || 1 December 1965 – 13 June 1967

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| Abdul Rauf Benawa <small>(Information and Culture)</small> || 13 June – 15 November 1967

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| rowspan="2"| Tribal Affairs || 1 December 1965 – 15 November 1967

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| rowspan="3"| Planning || vacant || 2 November – 1 December 1965

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| Abdul Hakim Ziayee || 1 December 1965 – 27 July 1967

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| Abdullah Yaftali || 2 November 1965 – 15 November 1967

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First Etemadi cabinet (1967–1969)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Etemadi Cabinet || 15 November 1967 – 23 June 1969

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| Mohammad Bashir Lodin <small>(acting)</small> || 23 June – 2 December 1969

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| Justice || Mohammad Asghar || 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969

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| Finance || Mohammad Anwar Ziayee || 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969

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! colspan="6" | other ministries

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| Commerce || Nour Ali|| 3 March – 2 December 1969

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| Public Works || Mohammad Husain Messa || 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969

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| Planning || Abdul Samad Hamed || 15 November 1967 – 2 December 1969

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Second Etemadi cabinet (1969–1971)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Etemadi Cabinet

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| Prime Minister || Nur Ahmad Etemadi || 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971

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| First Deputy Prime Minister || Abdullah Yaftali || 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971

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| Finance || Mohammad Aman || 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971

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! colspan="6" | other ministries

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| Commerce || Mohammad Akbar Omar|| 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971

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| Education || Abdul Kayeum || 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971

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| Public Health || Ibrahim Majid Seraj || 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971

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| Communications || Mohammad Azim Gran || 2 December 1969 – 26 July 1971

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| Tribal Affairs

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| Prime Minister || Abdul Zahir

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| Deputy Prime Minister || Abdul Samad Hamed || 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972

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| National Defense || Khan Mohammad Khan || 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972

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| Justice || Mohammad Anwar Arghandiwal || 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972

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| Finance || Ghulam Haidar Dawar || 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972

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! colspan="6" | other ministries

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| Commerce || Mohammad Aref Ghausi|| 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972

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| rowspan="2"| Education || Hamidullah Enayat Seraj || 26 July 1971 – 12 April 1972

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| Mohammad Yasin Azim <small>(acting)</small> || 12 April – 12 December 1972

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| Public Works || Khwazak Zalmai || 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972

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| Public Health || Ibrahim Majid Seraj || 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972

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| Mines and Industries || Mohammad Yaqub Lali || 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972

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| rowspan="2"| Tribal Affairs

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| Planning || Abdul Wahid Sorabi || 26 July 1971 – 12 December 1972

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| Abdul Satar Sirat

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| Prime Minister || Mohammad Musa Shafiq

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| Deputy Prime Minister || vacant || 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973

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! colspan="6" | Key ministries

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| Foreign Affairs || Mohammad Musa Shafiq || 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973

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| Justice || Samiuddin Zhwand <small>(caretaker)</small> || 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973

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| Finance || Mohammad Khan Jalalar || 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973

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! colspan="6" | other ministries

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| Commerce || Ali Nawaz

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| Public Works || Khwazak Zalmai || 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973

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| Agriculture and Irrigation || Abdul Wakil || 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973

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| Tribal Affairs <small>(caretaker)</small> || 12 December 1972 – 17 July 1973

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| Planning || Abdul Wahid Sorabi

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| President and Prime Minister|| Mohammad Daoud Khan

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| Deputy Prime Minister || Mohammad Hasan Sharq || 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975

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! colspan="6" | Key ministries

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| Foreign Affairs || Mohammad Daoud Khan || 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975

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| Justice || Abdul Majid || 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975

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! colspan="6" | other ministries

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| Commerce || Mohammad Khan Jalalar

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| rowspan="2"| Education || Nematullah Pazhwak

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| Abdul Kayeum || 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975

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| Public Health || Nazar Mohammad Sekandar || 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975

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| rowspan="2"| Communications || Abdul Hamid Mohtat || 2 August 1973 – 22 April 1974

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| Azizullah Zayer <small>(acting)</small> || 22 April 1974 – 28 September 1975

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| Mines and Industries || Abdul Kayeum || 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975

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| Information and Culture || Abdul Rahim Nevin || 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975

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| rowspan="2"| Frontier Affairs || Pacha Gul Wafadar || 2 August 1973 – 24 March 1974

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| vacant || 24 March 1974 – 28 September 1975

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| Planning || Ali Ahmad Khurram || 2 August 1973 – 28 September 1975

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Third Daoud cabinet (1975–1977)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Daoud Cabinet

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| (First) Deputy Prime Minister || Mohammad Hasan Sharq|| Sayyid Abdulillah || 28 September 1975 – 19 March 1977

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| Justice || Abdul Majid

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| President and Prime Minister || 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978

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| Interior || Abdul Qadir Nuristani || 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978

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| Finance || Sayyid Abdulillah || 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978

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| Public Works || Ghausuddin Fayeq || 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978

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| Communications || Abdul Karim Atayi|| 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978

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| Mines and Industries || Abdul Tawab Asefi|| 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978

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| Agriculture and Irrigation || Azizullah Wasefi || 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978

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| Water and Energy || Juma Muhammad Muhammadi || 19 March 1977 – 28 April 1978

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| Information and Culture || Abdul Rahim Nevin <small>(acting)</small>|| 16 November 1977 – 28 April 1978

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| Minister without portfolio and<br />Minister of State || Abdul Majid

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| rowspan="2" | Prime Minister || Nur Muhammad Taraki || 30 April 1978 – 27 March 1979

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| Hafizullah Amin || 27 – 31 March 1979

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| Deputy Prime Minister || Babrak Karmal || 30 April – 5 July 1978

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| Deputy Prime Minister || Hafizullah Amin || 30 April 1978 – 27 March 1979

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| Deputy Prime Minister || Mohammad Aslam Watanjar || 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979

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! colspan="6" | Key ministries

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| Foreign Affairs || Hafizullah Amin || 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979

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| rowspan="2"| National Defense || Abdul Qadir || 30 April – 17 August 1978

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| Nur Ahmad Taraki || 17 August 1978 – 31 March 1979

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| Interior || Nur Ahmed Nur || 30 April – 5 July 1978

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| Justice || Abdul Hakim Sharayee Jauzjani || 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979

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| Finance || Abdul Karim Misaq || 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979

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! colspan="6" | other ministries

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| Commerce || Abdul Quddus Ghorbandi || 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979

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| rowspan="2"| Education || Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri || 30 April – 28 August 1978

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| Abdul Rashid Jalili || 28 August 1978 – 31 March 1979

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| Higher Education || Mahmud Suma || 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979

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| rowspan="3"| Public Works || Mohammed Rafie || 30 April – 23 August 1978

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| vacant || 23 – 28 August 1978

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| Ghulam Dastagir Panjsheri || 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979

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| Communications || Mohammad Aslam Watanjar || 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979

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| Water and Power || Mohammad Mansur Hashemi || 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979

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| Information and Culture || Mohammed Hassan Bareq Shafiee || 30 April 1978 – 31 March 1979

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| rowspan="2"| Radio and Television || Sulaiman Layeq || 30 April – 29 November 1978

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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | was merged with the Ministry of Information and Culture on 29 November 1978|| 30 April – 28 August 1978

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| Sahibjan Sahrayi|| 28 August 1978 – 31 March 1979

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| rowspan="2"| Planning || Sultan Ali Keshtmand|| 30 April – 23 August 1978

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| Muhammad Sediq Alemyar || 23 August 1978 – 31 March 1979

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| rowspan="2" | Social || Anahita Ratebzad || 30 April – 12 July 1978

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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | was discarded on 12 July 1978

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| First Minister || Hafizullah Amin || 31 March – 27 December 1979

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| Deputy First Minister || Akbar Shah Wali

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| rowspan="2"| Defense || Mohammad Aslam Watanjar || 31 March – 28 July 1979

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| Mohammad Aslam Watanjar|| 14 September – 27 December 1979

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| Justice || Abdul Hakim Sharayee Jauzjani || Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy || 31 March – 14 September 1979

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| Mohammad Zarif || 14 September – 27 December 1979 || 31 March – 27 December 1979

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| rowspan="3"| Frontier Affairs || Sahib Jan Sahraee|| 31 March – 28 July 1979

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| Sherjan Mazdooryar

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| Sahib Jan Sahraee

|}

Karmal Council of Ministers (1979–1981)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Karmal Council of Ministers

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| Prime Minister || Babrak Karmal || 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981

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| Deputy Prime Minister || Assadullah Sarwari || 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981

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| Deputy Prime Minister || Sultan Ali Keshtmand || 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981

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| Deputy Prime Minister || Abdul Rashid Arian || 16 August 1980 – 11 June 1981

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! colspan="6" | Key ministries

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| Foreign Affairs || Shah Mohammad Dost || 27 December 1979 – 11 June 1981

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| Defense || Mohammed Rafie || 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981

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| rowspan="2" | Public Works || vacant || 27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980

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|| Nazar Mohammad || 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981

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| rowspan="2" | Public Health || vacant || 27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980

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|| Mohammad Ibrahim Azim || 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981

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| rowspan="2" | Communications || vacant || 27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980

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|| Mohammad Aslam Watanjar || 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981

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| rowspan="2" | Water and Power || vacant || 27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980

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|| Raz Mohammad Paktin || 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981

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| rowspan="2" | Information and Culture || vacant || 27 December 1979 – 10 January 1980

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|| Abdul Majid Sarbuland || 10 January 1980 – 11 June 1981

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| rowspan="2" | Border Affairs || Faiz Mohammed

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! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

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! colspan="6" | Role

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| rowspan="2"| Chairman of the Council of Ministers || Sultan Ali Keshtmand || 4 December 1986 – 16 June 1988

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| Deputy Chairman || Gul Dad<br/> before 7 July 1987 – 16 June 1988

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| Deputy Chairman || Abdul Majid Sarbuland

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| Deputy Chairman || Khalil Ahmad Abawi || 1 April 1982 – 18 October 1983

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| Deputy Chairman || Abdul Rashid Arian

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| Deputy Chairman || Mohammed Rafie

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| Deputy Chairman || Sarwar Mangal || 18 October 1983 – after 10 January 1986 || 30 November 1985 – 16 June 1988

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| Deputy Chairman || Sayed Amanuddin Amin || 26 December 1985 – 16 June 1988

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| Deputy Chairman || Mohammad Aziz || before 15 September 1986 – 16 June 1988

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| Deputy Chairman || Mohammad Hakim || before 8 January 1987 – 16 June 1988

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| Deputy Chairman || Abdul Hamid Mohtat || June 1987 – 16 June 1988

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| Deputy Chairman || Mohammad Hasan Sharq || June 1987 – 26 May 1988

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| Deputy Chairman || Mahbubullah Koshani || before 2 November 1987 – 16 June 1988

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! colspan="6" | Key ministries

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| rowspan="2"| Foreign Affairs || Shah Mohammad Dost || 11 June 1981 – 4 December 1986

|-

| Abdul Qadir

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| Mohammed Rafie

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| Interior || Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy || 4 May 1986 – 16 June 1988

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| rowspan="2"| Justice || Abdul Wahab Safi || 11 June 1981 – 18 October 1983

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| Muhammad Bashir Baghlani || 18 October 1983 – 16 June 1988

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| rowspan="2"| Finance || Abdul Wakil

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! colspan="6" | other ministries

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| Commerce || Mohammad Khan Jalalar || June 1986 – before 4 January 1988

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| Najibullah Masir || before 4 January – 16 June 1988

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| rowspan="2"| Domestic Trade || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | was not established before 2 November 1987

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| vacant || before 2 November 1987 – 16 June 1988

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| rowspan="2"| Foreign Trade || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | was not established before 2 November 1987

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| vacant || before 2 November 1987 – 16 June 1988

|-

| rowspan="2"| Education || Faqir Mohammad Yaqubi || 11 June 1981 – 7 April 1983

|-

| Abdul Samad Qayumi || 7 April 1983 – 16 June 1988

|-

| rowspan="4"| Higher and Vocational Education/<br/>Higher Education || Gul Dad

|-

| Sarwar Mangal

|-

| Burhanuddin Ghiasi || 18 October 1983 – before 4 January 1988 || Nazar Mohammad

|-

| Ghulam Nabi Kamyar || May 1982 – March 1987

|-

| Sher Bahadur|| March 1987 – 16 June 1988 || 30 October 1987 – 16 June 1988

|-

| rowspan="3" | Agriculture and Land Reforms || Fazl Rahim Mohmand || 28 August 1982 – before 7 July 1987

|-

| Ghulam Faruq Kobakiwal || before 7 July 1987 – 16 June 1988

|-

| rowspan="2" | Irrigation || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | was founded between 12 May and 15 July 1982

|-

| Ahmad Shah Sorkhabi || before 15 July 1982 – 16 June 1988

|-

| Water and Power || Raz Mohammad Paktin || before 4 January – 16 June 1988

|-

| rowspan="2"| Returnees Affairs || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | did not exist before June 1987

|-

| Mohammad Hasan Sharq || June 1987 – 16 June 1988

|-

| rowspan="2"| Planning Affairs || Sultan Ali Keshtmand

|-

| Sarwar Mangal

|-

| Abdul Wali Hojat || April 1985 – October 1986

|-

| Abdul Jamil Zarifi || October 1986 – 16 June 1988

|-

| rowspan="3" | Central Bank

|-

| Mehrabuddin Paktiawal || 1 April 1982 – after 8 January 1987

|-

| Abdul Basir Ranjbar || before 7 July 1987 – 16 June 1988

|-

| rowspan="2"| Minister of State for Economic Affairs || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | did not exist until 26 December 1985

|-

| Fazal Haq Khaliqyar || 26 December 1985 – 16 June 1988

|-

| rowspan="2"| Minister of State for Islamic Affairs || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | did not exist until 26 December 1985

|-

| Abdul Ghafur Baher || 26 December 1985 – 16 June 1988

|-

! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s)

|-

! colspan="6" | Role

|-

| rowspan="2"| Chairman || Mohammad Hasan Sharq || 16 June 1988 – 20 February 1989

|-

| vacant || 20 – 21 February 1989

|-

| Deputy Chairman || Sayed Amanuddin Amin || 17 August 1988 – 21 February 1989

|-

| rowspan="3"| Interior || Sayed Mohammad Gulabzoy

|-

| Justice || Muhammad Bashir Baghlani || 16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989

|-

| Abdul Bahar|| 18 – 21 February 1989

|-

| Education and Training || Ghulam Rasul Rasuli || 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989

|-

| rowspan="2"| Higher and Vocational Education || Nur Ahmad Barits || 16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989

|-

| Khudadad Ismail Danesh|| 18 – 21 February 1989

|-

| Construction Affairs || Nazar Mohammad|| 16 June 1988 – 18 February 1989

|-

| Sayyed Amin Zara || 18 – 21 February 1989

|-

| rowspan="3"| Communications || Mohammad Aslam Watanjar || 19 December 1988 – 21 February 1989

|-

| Mines and Industries || Mohammad Ishaq Kawa || 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989

|-

| Water and Power || Raz Mohammad Paktin

|-

| vacant || 5 – 9 July 1988

|-

| Ahmad Bashir Ruigar || 9 July 1988 – 21 February 1989 || 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989

|-

| Tribal Affairs/Border Affairs || Sulaiman Layeq || 18 – 21 February 1989

|-

| Planning Affairs || Sultan Hussain || 16 June 1988 – 21 February 1989

|-

| rowspan="2"| Transport || Mohammad Aziz || 16 June – 19 December 1988

|-

| Khalilullah || 19 December 1988 – 21 February 1989

|-

| rowspan="2"| Civil Aviation || Pacha Gul Wafadar

|-

| Minister without portfolio || Nur Ahmad Barits

|-

! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! Affiliation !! Ethnicity

|-

! colspan="6" | Role

|-

| rowspan="2"| Chairman || Sultan Ali Keshtmand

|-

| Fazal Haq Khaliqyar || 7 – 21 May 1990 || 24 June 1989 – 21 May 1990

|-

| Deputy Chairman || Sayed Amanuddin Amin

|| Tajik || before 3 November 1989 – 21 May 1990

|-

| rowspan="2"| Higher and Vocational Education || Khudadad Ismail Danesh || before 3 November 1989 – 21 May 1990

|-

| Construction Affairs || Nazar Mohammad

|-

| Returnees Affairs || Sayed Akram Paigir

|-

! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! Affiliation !! Origin

|-

! colspan="6" | Role

|-

| Chairman || Fazal Haq Khaliqyar || 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| First Deputy Chairman || Mahmood Baryalai || 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

|-

| Deputy Chairman || Sarwar Mangal || 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

|-

| Finance || Mohammad Hakim || 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

|-

| Education and Training || Masuma Esmati-Wardak || 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

|-

| Higher and Vocational Education || Mohammad Anwar Shams || 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

|-

| Construction Affairs || Faqir Mohammad Nekzad || 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

|-

| Public Health || Mehr Mohammad Ejazi || 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

|-

| Mines and Industries || Abdul Samad Saleh || 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

|-

| Agriculture and Land Reforms || Mohammad Ghofran || 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

|-

| Information and Culture || Ahmad Bashir Ruigar || 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

|-

| Border Affairs || Sarjang Khan Jaji || Fateh Muhammad Tarin || 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

|-

| rowspan="3"| Planning Affairs || Abdul Wahid Sorabi || 7 February 1991 – 16 April 1992

|-

| Transport || Khalilullah || Hamidullah Tarzi || 21 May 1990 – 7 February 1991

|-

| Wadir Safi || 7 February 1991 – 16 April 1992

|-

| Islamic Affairs and Endowment || Muhammad Siddiq Sailani || 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Central Statistics || Ghulam Mahiyuddin Shahbaz || 7 February 1991 – 16 April 1992

|-

| Social Security || Saleha Farooq Etemadi || 21 May 1990 – 16 April 1992

|-

| rowspan="3"| Central Bank || Mohammad Kabir || 21 May – after 7 September 1990

|-

| Abdul Wahab Asefi || before 7 January – before 8 July 1991

|-

| Khalilullah Sediq || before 8 July 1991 – 16 April 1992

|-

| Minister without portfolio || Hamidullah Tarzi || before 6 March – 16 April 1992

|-

| Minister without portfolio<br/>Minister of State || Nur Ahmad Barits the government of the Republic of Afghanistan began to deteriorate quickly as government members were beginning to defect to the different mujahedin parties, offering assistance to each of the parties entering Kabul. The dynamics of these defections were heavily influenced by ethnic identity. Most Pashtun officials and police officers in the Ministry of Interior Affairs around Mohammad Aslam Watanjar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the Khaliqyar Council of Ministers de facto did not exist anymore. In the wake of his resignation, Najibullah handed over power to a council composed of senior members of the executive committee of his ruling Watan Party, namely the four Vice Presidents Abdul Rahim Hatif (as acting president), Abdul Hamid Mohtat, Mohammed Rafie and Abdul Wahid Sorabi. But amid reports of escalating fighting and troop defections in and around Kabul, the new council's control of the capital appeared tenuous and divided. According to some sources, the actual power in the government was held by four Tajik ex-PDPA generals allied with Massoud who were backed by army leaders in the capital and northern Afghanistan. Among those four were Deputy Defense Minister Mohammad Nabi Azimi, the commander of the Kabul Garrison Baba Jan Zahid and Chief of Staff of the army Muhammad Asif Delawar. Foreign Minister Abdul Wakil, himself being a dissident,

On 24 April, the Peshawar Accords were signed, and different mujahideen groups took over control: while the Ministry of Interior Affairs and the Arg were occupied by Hekmatyar's forces, most of the other government ministries were conquered by Massoud's and Dostum's forces.

fell into the hands of the different mujahideen rebel groups.

At a press conference in Peshawar, the leaders of six rebel parties named a 50-member interim council, composed of five representatives from each of the ten major rebel groups. The council was to be under the leadership of the Afghan National Liberation Front leader and former Afghan Interim Government president Sibghatullah Mojaddedi and was to move to Kabul within two days to rule for two months. After two months of rule by Mojaddedi, Jamiat-e Islami leader Burhanuddin Rabbani was to take over as president of the transitional government for four months before a permanent government was to replace it. an on 28 April, the Islamic State of Afghanistan was officially declared, ending communist rule over Afghanistan exactly 14 years after the Saur Revolution. On this day, members of the old government, including the former Prime Minister Fazal Haq Khaliqyar, the leaders of the old Senate and House of Representatives, and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Abdul Karim Shahdan, among those were the Interim Council President Sibghatullah Mojaddedi, President-designate Burhanuddin Rabbani, Prime Minister nominee Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani, three Deputy Prime Minister designates, 28 ministers, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Maulawi Abdullah, Attorney General Mohammad Qasim, the President of the Central Bank and Minister advisor Maulawi Mohammad Mir. Many government officials in less important positions are not known by name. || 28 April – 28 June 1992

|-

! colspan="6" | Key ministries

|-

| rowspan="2" |Foreign Affairs || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Sayed Sulaiman Gailani || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| Defense || Ahmad Shah Massoud || 28 April – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Home Affairs || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2" | National Security || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Mohammad Yahya Nawroz || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Justice || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Jalaluddin Haqqani || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Finance || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Hamidullah Rahimi || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

! colspan="6" | other ministries

|-

| rowspan="2"| Commerce || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Wakil Shahbaz || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Light Industries and Foodstuffs ||vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Sulaiman Yari || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Education and Training || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| unknown || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Higher and Vocational Education || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Mohammad Musa Tawana || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Construction Affairs || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Mohammad Yaser || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Public Health || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Najibullah Mojaddedi || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Communications || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Mohammad Akram || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Mines and Industries || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| unknown || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Agriculture and Land Reforms || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| unknown || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Water and Power || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Faruq Azam || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Information and Culture || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Wala Jan Waseq <small>(Deputy)</small> || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Revival and Rural Development || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Zabihullah Hadi || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| City Construction || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Abdul Hafez Beg || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Border Affairs || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Abdul Ahad Karzai || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Returnees Affairs || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Rahmatullah Wahidyar || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Planning Affairs || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| unknown || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Transport || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| unknown || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2" | Civil Aviation ||vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Arsala Rahmani || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Central Statistics ||vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| unknown || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Labor and Social Security || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Abdul Manan Abed || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Observation of Martyrs and Disabled || vacant || 28 April – 5 May 1992

|-

| Anwar || 5 May – 28 June 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Central Bank But when a first meeting of this Resolution and Settlement Council failed to convene on 12 December, Rabbani announced that he would stay interim president until a successor was chosen.

On 7 March 1993, after six days of negotiations, Rabbani and Hekmatyar and other major Mujahideen representatives signed the Islamabad Accord, agreeing on a ceasefire. The agreement designated the Organization of the Islamic Conference and Mujahideen representatives as monitors of the ceasefire and, among other points, designated Hekmatyar to be the prime minister and Rabbani to continue as president. They also were to jointly appoint the cabinet, but because of differences between the parties on the nomination of Ahmad Shah Massoud as Defense Minister, the appointment was decided to be done on 22 March 1993. This was first postponed until 29 March and then again until 2 April 1993 when a list of candidates for the ministries was presented to Rabbani. Rabbani refused to accept the list and told that it was ″subject to change″. Even though Hekmatyar then unilaterally tried to dissolve the cabinet, the former cabinet remained in place as most government ministers reported to work as usual.

|-

! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! Affiliation !! Origin

|-

! colspan="6" | Role

|-

| President || Burhanuddin Rabbani || 28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993

|-

| rowspan="3" | Prime Minister || vacant || 28 June – 6 July 1992

|-

| Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani|| 6 July – 16 August 1992

|-

| vacant || 16 August 1992 – 17 June 1993

|-

| Deputy Prime Minister || Sayed Sulaiman Gailani || before 8 September 1992 – 17 June 1993

|-

! colspan="6" | Key ministries

|-

| Foreign Affairs || Sayed Sulaiman Gailani || Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai || 28 June – after 6 July 1992

|-

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | was dissolved before 8 September 1992

|-

| rowspan="2"| Justice || Jalaluddin Haqqani|| 28 June – after 6 July 1992

|-

| Din Mohammad|| before 7 January – 17 June 1993

|-

| rowspan="3"| Public Health || Najibullah Mojaddedi

|-

| vacant || 2 August – 25 September 1992

|-

| Mohammad Yaqub Barakzai || 25 September 1992 – 17 June 1993

|-

| rowspan="2"| Agriculture and Land Reforms || unknown || 28 June – after 6 July 1992

|-

| Mohammad Hadi Hadi || before 8 September 1992 – 17 June 1993

|-

| Water and Power || 28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993

|-

| rowspan="2"| Revival and Rural Development || 25 September 1992 – 17 June 1993 || before 7 January – 17 June 1993

|-

| Returnees Affairs || 28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993

|-

| rowspan="2"| Development and Inspection || Abdul Wahid Sorabi || before 8 September 1992 – 17 June 1993

|-

| Civil Aviation || 25 September 1992 – 17 June 1993 || before 7 January – 17 June 1993

|-

| Minister of State || Taqaddosi || 28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993

|-

| rowspan="2"| Minister of State for Foreign Affairs || Mohammad Sadiq Saljuqi || 28 June – after 6 July 1992

|-

| Najibullah Lafraie || 28 June 1992 – 17 June 1993

|}

First Hekmatyar cabinet and power struggles (1993–1996)

On 17 June 1993, Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and his cabinet were sworn in by President Burhanuddin Rabbani. On 8 September, Hekmatyar called on Rabbani and the cabinet to resign to allow for the establishment of a "neutral interim government" to be chosen in a free general election, but was denied. On 11 December, Rabbani allegedly approved the resignation of Hekmatyar and the transfer of power to Communications Minister Mohammad Amin Waqad, however, the Hezb-e Islami denied that he had stepped down as Prime Minister. On 19 December, Radio Afghanistan announced that Qutbuddin Hilal had assumed the duties of Prime Minister, which again was denied by Hekmatyar. the real power that the cabinet had at that point was heavily put under question because the ministers loyal to each side where only commanding to the President or Prime Minister respectively.

Rabbani refused to step down at the end of his term on 28 June 1994 On 10 January 1995, Rabbani offered to step down and turn over power to a 23-member UN interim administration if Hekmatyar agreed to withdraw. On 12 February, the many parties agreed to a multi-party council which would take over on 20 February. On that date though, the scheduled transfer of power was disrupted by demands from Rabbani for assurances that the new government includes the newly emerging Taliban. Hence, Rabbani further delayed his resignation stating he would not resign before 21 March. and that the transfer of power to an interim government was delayed for another 15 days, which also did not happen. (but until November 1995 not de jure) ending his power as Prime Minister. On 14 November 1995, Mistiri reported that Rabbani had agreed to step down and to transfer power to a 25-member transitional council, but the Taliban rejected that proposal.

On 20 May 1996, President Burhanuddin Rabbani met with ex-Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar to discuss an alliance between Hekmatyar's Hezb-e Islami and the Rabbani's government, and on 24 May they agreed to end hostilities between their two groups to move toward an elected government. On 26 June 1996, Hekmatyar was sworn in as Prime Minister for a second time, keeping the ministers of the old government as acting ministers until a new cabinet was elected.

|-

! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! colspan="2" | Affiliation !! Origin

|-

! colspan="6" | Role

|-

| President || Burhanuddin Rabbani || 17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996

|-

| rowspan="5" | Prime Minister || Gulbuddin Hekmatyar || 17 June 1993 – 28 June 1994

|-

| disputed <small>(de facto)</small>|| 28 June 1994 – before 14 February 1995

|-

| Arsala Rahmani

|-

| Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai || before 10 September 1993 – before 26 June 1996

|-

| Deputy Prime Minister || Arsala Rahmani || 17 June 1993 – after 1 November 1995

|-

| Najibullah Lafraie <small>(caretaker)</small> || before 2 January – before 26 June 1996

|-

| vacant || before 26 June – 3 July 1996

|-

| Defense || Ahmad Shah Massoud</small> || 17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996

|-

| rowspan="2"| Interior || vacant || 17 June 1993 – 26 June 1996

|-

| Munshi Abdul Majid <small>(acting)</small>|| 26 June – 3 July 1996

|-

| rowspan="2"| Justice || Jalaluddin Haqqani || 17 June 1993 – before 26 June 1996

|-

| Karimi || before 26 June – 3 July 1996

|-

| rowspan="2"| Education || Jalluddin Zada || 17 June 1993 – before 26 June 1996

|-

| Mohammad Fazel || before 26 June – 3 July 1996

|-

| Higher Education || Syed Omar Monib || 17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996

|-

| rowspan="2"| Reconstruction || Faiz Mohammad || 17 June 1993 – before 28 June 1996

|-

| vacant || before 28 June – 3 July 1996

|-

| rowspan="2"| Public Health || Mohammad Amin Fatimi || 17 June 1993 – before 20 May 1996

|-

| Mohammad Yusuf Barakzai|| before 20 May – 3 July 1996

|-

| Communications || Mohammad Amin Waqad || 17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996

|-

| Agriculture || Sayed Nurullah Emad || 17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996

|-

| Water and Power || Mohammad Ayub || 17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996

|-

| rowspan="2"| Information || Din Mohammad || Sayed Hussein Anwari || 17 June 1993 – 3 July 1996

|-

| rowspan="3"| Central Bank || 17 June – after 11 August 1993

|

|

  • <small>pro-Hezb-e Wahdat</small>
  • <small>pro-Mohaqiq</small>

| Hazara<br/><small>(Balkh)</small>

|-

| Zabihullah Eltizam || before 10 September 1993 – after 1 September 1994

|-

| Mohammad Hakim|| Abdul Hai Elahi|| Hamidullah Tarzi || before 10 September 1993 – 3 July 1996

|-

| Minister of State for Foreign Affairs|| Najibullah Lafraie The next day, the government fled north of Kabul to Charikar and Jabal Saraj so that on 21 August 1997, when Hekmatyar already fled to Iran and his successor Ghafoorzai died, the cabinet, which already de facto lost control over the country, was dissolved.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Hekmatyar Cabinet

|-

! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! Affiliation !! Origin

|-

! colspan="6" | Role

|-

| Prime Minister || Gulbuddin Hekmatyar

|-

| Defense || Waheedullah Sabawoon || 3 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| Interior || Yunus Qanuni || 3 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| Justice || vacant || 3 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| Finance || Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal || 3 July – 27 September 1996

|-

! colspan="6" | other ministries

|-

| Commerce || Alami Balkhi || 3 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| Education || Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai

|-

| Higher Education || vacant || 3 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| Reconstruction || vacant || 3 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| Public Health || vacant || 3 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| Communications || vacant || 3 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| rowspan="2"| Agriculture || vacant || 3 – 20 July 1996

|-

| Sikander Qiam || 20 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| Water and Power || vacant || 3 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| rowspan="2"| Information and Culture || Sayed Ishaq Diljo Hussaini <small>(acting)</small> || 3 July – after 3 September 1996

|-

| Ghyasuddin Kashat|| after 3 – 27 September 1996

|-

| rowspan="2"| House and City Construction || vacant || 3 – 20 July 1996

|-

| Abdul Salam Hashemi || 20 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| Frontiers || vacant || 3 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| Tribal Affairs || vacant || 3 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| Refugees || vacant || 3 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| Planning || Sayed Mohammad Ali Jawid || 3 July – 27 September 1996

|-

| Central Bank They also set up a six-member provisional council, among them Information and Culture Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Health Minister Massoumi Afghan and others, to govern the capital and named Mohammad Rabbani, who is not related to Islamic State's president Burhanuddin Rabbani, to lead the Council of Ministers.

|-

! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! colspan="2" | Affiliation !! Origin

|-

! colspan="6" | Role

|-

| rowspan="2" | Prime Minister

| Mohammad Rabbani

| 27 September 1996 – 16 April 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Abdul Kabir <small>(caretaker)</small>

| 16 April – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| First Deputy Prime Minister

| Hasan Akhund

| before 25 January – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Second Deputy Prime Minister

| Abdul Kabir

| 27 September 1996 – 28 May 1997

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai <small>(acting)</small>

| 28 May – after 24 September 1997

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Hasan Akhund

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil

| 27 October 1999 – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="2" | Defense

| Saadullah Popal <small>(acting)</small>

| 27 September 1996 – April 1997

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Obaidullah Akhund

| April 1997 – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="4" | Interior

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 –

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Khairullah Khairkhwa

| –

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| unknown

| – before 25 January 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Abdur Razzaq Akhundzada

| before 25 January – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="2" | Security and Intelligence

| unknown

| 27 September –

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Ahmadullah

| – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="2" | Justice

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 – before 25 January 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Nooruddin Turabi

| before 25 January – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="4" | Finance

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 –

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Mohammad Ahmadi

| – before 23 February 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Muhammad Taher Anwari

| before – after

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Agha Jan Motasim

| – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

! colspan="6" | other ministries

|-

| rowspan="2" | Commerce

| unknown || 27 September 1996 – 1999

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Abdul Razak

| 1999 – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="3" | Education

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 – unknown

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Sayed Ghiasuddin

| unknown – February 1999

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Amir Khan Muttaqi

| February 1999 – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="3" | Higher Education

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 – unknown

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Hamdullah Nomani

| unknown – before 25 January 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Din Mohammad Hanif

| before 25 January – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="2" | Public Works

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 – before 25 January 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Mohammadullah Mati

| before 25 January – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="2" | Construction

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 – before 1999

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Dadullah

| before 1999 – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="2" | Public Health

| Massoumi Afghan

| 27 September 1996 – before 25 January 2001

| before 25 January – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="3" | Communications

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 – unknown

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Mohammadullah Mati

| before 25 January – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="3" | Mines and Industries

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 – before

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Ahmad Jan

| before – before 25 January 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Mohammad Essa Akhund

| after 25 January – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="2" |Agriculture

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 – before 31 January 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Abdul Latif Mansur

| before 31 January – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="3" | Water and Electricity

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 – before 25 January 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Mohammad Essa Akhund

| before 25 January – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="2" | Urban Development

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 – before 31 January 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Allah Dad Mati

| before – after 31 January 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="2" | Frontier Affairs

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 – before 31 January 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Jalaluddin Haqqani

| before 25 January – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="2" | Planning

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 – before 25 January 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Din Mohammad Hanif

| Akhtar Mohammad Mansour

| 27 September 1996 – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="2" | Haj and Religious Affairs

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 – before 31 January 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Sayed Ghiasuddin

| before 31 January – 13 November 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| rowspan="3" | Central Bank

| unknown

| 27 September 1996 – unknown

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Ehsanullah Sarfida

| unknown – before 23 February 2001

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|-

| Mohammad Ahmadi While the Taliban government still controlled Kandahar for several weeks, around two dozen prominent Afghans convened at the Bonn Conference to establish an interim administration and set a timeline for adopting a new constitution and holding democratic elections.

Concerns arose that Rabbani might attempt to retain power and marginalize Pashtun and Shia opposition groups, However, the de facto power rested with the Northern Alliance, which established a "Supreme Military Council" to administer the newly captured territories. The council, which ruled out a return of Rabbani, declared a three-month mandate. Council positions were held by close Massoud-allies: Mohammad Qasim Fahim as head of the council and Defense Minister, and Abdullah Abdullah as acting Foreign Minister.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Supreme Military Council

|-

! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! colspan="2" | Affiliation !! Origin

|-

! colspan="6" | Role

|-

| Head

| Mohammad Qasim Fahim

| 13 November – 22 December 2001

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Massoud</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Panjshir)</small>

|-

! colspan="6" | Key ministries

|-

| Foreign Affairs

| Abdullah Abdullah

| 13 November – 22 December 2001

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Massoud</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Panjshir)</small>

|-

| Defense

| Mohammad Qasim Fahim

|-

! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! colspan="2" | Affiliation !! Origin

|-

! colspan="6" | Role

|-

| Chairman

| Hamid Karzai

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| Vice Chairman

| Mohammad Qasim Fahim

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Junbish-e Milli</small>
  • <small>pro-Dostum</small>

| Uzbek<br/><small>(Faryab)</small>

|-

| Vice Chairman

| Mohammad Mohaqiq

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Hezb-e Wahdat</small>

| Hazara<br/><small>(Balkh)</small>

|-

| Vice Chairwoman

| Sima Samar

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group

| Hazara<br/><small>(Ghazni)</small>

|-

! colspan="6" | Key ministries

|-

| Foreign Affairs

| Abdullah Abdullah

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Hezb-e Wahdat</small>

| Shiite Sayyid<br/><small>(Parwan)</small>

|-

| Education

| Rasul Amin

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group
  • <small>pro-Mahaz-e Milli</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kunar)</small>

|-

| Higher Education

| Sharif Fayez

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Ismail Khan</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Herat)</small>

|-

| Public Works

| Abdul Khaliq Fazal

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group

| Pashtun

|-

| Reconstruction

| Amin Farhang

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group

| Tajik<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Public Health

| Sohaila Siddiqi

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

! style="background:"|

| none

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Communications

| Abdul Rahim Sayed Jan

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Rabbani

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Junbish-e Milli</small>

| Uzbek

|-

| Small Industries

| Mohammad Arif Noorzai

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>
  • <small>pro-Ittehad-e Islami

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Peshawar group
  • <small>Hezb-e Islami</small>

| Pashtun

|-

| Information and Culture

| Sayed Makhdoom Raheen

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>

| Sunni Sayyid<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Urban Development

| Abdul Qadeer

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Hezb-e Islami Khalis</small>
  • <small>Arsala clan</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Nangarhar)</small>

|-

| Rural Development

| Abdul Malik Anwar

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance

| Tajik<br/><small>(Kapisa)</small>

|-

| Border Affairs

| Amanullah Zadran

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Paktia)</small>

|-

| Refugee Affairs

| Enayatullah Nazari

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Fahim</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Parwan)</small>

|-

| Labor and Social Affairs

| Mirwais Sadiq

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Ismail Khan</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Herat)</small>

|-

| Martyrs and Disabled Affairs

| Abdullah Wardak

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Ittehad-e Islami</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Wardak)</small>

|-

| Planning

| Mohammad Mohaqiq

| Abdul Rahman

| 22 December 2001 – 14 February 2002

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group

| Nuristani

|-

| vacant

| 14 February – March 2002

|-

| Zalmai Rassoul

| March – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group
  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Haj and Mosques

| Mohammad Hanif Balkhi

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

! style="background:"|

| none

| Shiite<br/><small>(Balkh)</small>

|-

| Women's Affairs

| Sima Samar

| 22 December 2001 – 24 June 2002

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group

| Hazara<br/><small>(Ghazni)</small>

|-

|}

Karzai transitional cabinet (2002–2004)

The Bonn Agreement 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"

|+ Karzai transitional cabinet

|-

! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! colspan="2" | Affiliation !! Origin

|-

! colspan="6" | Role

|-

| President

| Hamid Karzai

| 24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| First Vice President

| Mohammad Qasim Fahim</small>

| Pashtun

|-

| Ali Ahmad Jalali

| 28 January 2003 – 24 December 2004

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Special Security Advisor for Interior Affairs

| Yunus Qanuni

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Massoud</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Panjshir)</small>

|-

| Justice

| Abdul Rahim Karimi

| 24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Logar)</small>

|-

! colspan="6" | other ministries

|-

| Commerce

| Sayed Mustafa Kazemi

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat <small>(acting)</small>

| after 24 February 2003 – before 10 June 2004

! style="background:"|

| none

| Pashtun

|-

| Hakim Taniwal <small>(acting)</small>

| before 10 June – 24 December 2004

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Khost)</small>

|-

| Light Industries and Foodstuffs

| Mohammed Alim Razm

| 24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat
  • <small>pro-Rome group</small>

| Pashtun

|-

| Information and Culture

| Sayed Makhdoom Raheen

| 24 June 2002 – 15 August 2003

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| Gul Agha Sherzai

! style="background:"|

|

  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| Rural Development

| Haneef Atmar

| 24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance

| Turkmen<br/><small>(Jowzjan)</small>

|-

| Martyrs and Disabled

| Abdullah Wardak

| 24 June 2002 – 24 December 2004

|

| unknown

| Pashtun

|-

| rowspan="2" | Women's Affairs

| vacant

| 24 – 28 June 2002

|-

| Habiba Sorabi

| 28 June 2002 – 24 December 2004

! style="background:"|

| none

| Hazara<br/><small>(Ghazni)</small>

|-

| Minister of State for Women's Affairs

| Mahboba Hoqooqmal

| 28 June 2002 – 24 December 2004

! style="background:"|

| none

| Hazara<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

|}

Islamic Republic (2004–2021)

First Karzai cabinet (2004–2010)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Karzai cabinet

|-

! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! colspan="2" | Affiliation !! Origin

|-

! colspan="6" | Role

|-

| President

| Hamid Karzai

| 24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | First Vice President

| Ahmad Zia Massoud

| 24 December 2004 – 19 November 2009

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Jamiat-e Islami</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Panjshir)</small>

|-

| Mohammad Qasim Fahim <small>(acting)</small>

| 22 March 2006 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

|Tajik<br/><small>(Herat)</small>

|-

| Defense

| Abdul Rahim Wardak

| 24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat
  • <small>pro-Rome group</small>
  • <small>Mahaz-e Milli</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Wardak)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Interior

| Ali Ahmad Jalali

| 28 September 2005 – 12 October 2008

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Karzai

| 12 October 2008 – 18 January 2010

! style="background:"|

| none

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Laghman)</small>

|-

| NDS

| Amrullah Saleh

| 24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Massoud</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Panjshir)</small>

|-

| Justice

| Sarwar Danish

| 24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance
  • <small>Hezb-e Wahdat</small>
  • <small>pro-Khalili</small>

| Hazara<br/><small>(Daykundi)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Finance

| Anwar ul-Haq Ahady

| 24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat
  • <small>pro-Afghan Mellat</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Nangarhar)</small>

|-

! colspan="6" | other ministries

|-

| rowspan="4" | Commerce/<br/>Commerce and Industry

| 8 August 2006 – late 2008

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group
  • <small>pro-Western technocrat</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Wahidullah Shahrani

| late 2008 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Uzbek<br/><small>(Badakhshan)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Mines and Industries/<br />Mines

| 22 March 2006 – 18 January 2010

|

| unknown

| Tajik<br/><small>(Parwan)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Economy

| Mohammad Amin Farhang

| 8 August 2006 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Western technocrat</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Herat)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Education

| Noor Mohammad Qarqin

| 12 October 2008 – 18 January 2010

! style="background:"|

|

  • <small>Hezb-e Islami</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Wardak)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Higher Education

| Amir Shah Hasanyar

| 24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Hazara<br/><small>(Bamyan)</small>

|-

| Mohammad Azam Dadfar

| 22 March 2006 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Uzbek<br/><small>(Faryab)</small>

|-

| Public Works

| Suhrab Ali Safari

| 24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Hazara<br/><small>(Wardak)</small>

|-

| Public Health

| Mohammad Amin Fatemi

| 24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jebh-e Nejat-e Melli</small>
  • <small>pro-Mojaddedi</small>

| Sunni Sayyid<br/><small>(Nangarhar)</small>

|-

| Communications and IT

| Amirzai Sangin

| 24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Paktika)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock

| Obaidullah Rameen

| 24 December 2004 – 12 October 2008

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance
  • <small>Ittehad-e Islami</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Baghlan)</small>

|-

| Mohammad Asif Rahimi

| 12 October 2008 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Tajik<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Energy and Water

| Ismail Khan

| 24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Jamiat-e Islami</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Herat)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Information and Culture/<br/>Culture and Youth

| Sayed Makhdoom Raheen

| 8 August 2006 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat
  • <small>Hezb-e Islami</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Wardak)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Youth Affairs

| Amina Afzali

| 24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance
  • <small>Jamiat-e Islami</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Herat)</small>

|-

| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | was merged with the Ministry of Information and Culture on 22 March 2006

|-

| Urban Development Affairs

| Yousef Pashtun

| 22 March 2006 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Borders, Nations and Tribal Affairs

| Abdul Karim Brahui

| 24 December 2004 – 11 October 2008

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance

| Baloch<br/><small>(Nimroz)</small>

|-

| Asadullah Khalid

| 11 October 2008 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Ittehad-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Sayyaf

| 24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance

| Sunni Sayyid<br/><small>(Takhar)</small>

|-

| Noor Mohammad Qarqin

| 24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance

| Shiite Sayyid<br/><small>(Balkh)</small>

|-

| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | was merged with the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs on 22 March 2006

|-

| rowspan="6" | Transportation and Civil Aviation

| Enayatullah Qasemi

| 24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat
  • <small>pro-Hezb-e Wahdat</small>
  • <small>pro-Mohaqiq</small>

| Hazara<br/><small>(Helmand)</small>

|-

| Gul Hussain Ahmadi <small>(acting)</small>

| 22 March – 8 August 2006

|

| unknown

| Hazara<br/><small>(Balkh)</small>

|-

| Nematullah Ehsan Jawid

| 8 August 2006 – March 2008

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Hezb-e Wahdat</small>
  • <small>pro-Mohaqiq

|-

| Hamidullah Qaderi

| March – 10 November 2008

|

| unknown

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| Omar Zakhilwal

| 7 February 2009 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Herat)</small>

|-

| Hajj and Religious Affairs

| Nematullah Shahrani

| 24 December 2004 – 18 January 2010

! style="background:"|

| none

| Uzbek <small>(Badakhshan)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Women's Affairs

| Massouda Jalal

| 24 December 2004 – 22 March 2006

! style="background:"|

| none

| Tajik<br/><small>(Kapisa)</small>

|-

| Soraya Rahim Sobhrang <small>(acting)</small>

| 22 March – 8 August 2006

! style="background:"|

| none

| Hazara<br/><small>(Herat)</small>

|-

| Husn Banu Ghazanfar

| 8 August 2006 – 18 January 2010

! style="background:"|

| none

| Uzbek<br/><small>(Balkh)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Counter Narcotics

| Habibullah Qaderi

| 24 December 2004 – March 2008

|

| unknown

| Pashtun <small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| Khodaidad

| March 2008 – 18 January 2010

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance
  • <small>Hezb-e Wahdat</small>
  • <small>pro-Khalili</small>

| Hazara <small>(Uruzgan)</small>

|}

Second Karzai cabinet (2010–2015)

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. 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. Since then, part of the ministries have been governed by acting ministers who do not held approval of the Afghan legislature. The 14 approved ministers were sworn in on 18 January 2010. Major changes to the cabinet were made when the Wolesi held votes of confidence for nominated ministers, particularly on 28 June 2010 were five ministers were approved, leaving only six of the 25 ministries left with an acting minister, 5 March 2012, 25 September 2013 and 25 December 2013.

When Ashraf Ghani was inaugurated as the new President of Afghanistan on 29 September 2014, he kept the ministers of the Karzai cabinet as acting ministers until the new National Unity Government could be formed with Abdullah Abdullah. However, after two months at the end of November 2014, he replaced all acting ministers with their respective deputy ministers to show that he would respect the constitution were it says a minister can only stay in office in an acting role for a maximum of two months. These new cabinet ministers stayed in office until the new government was formed in February 2015.

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Karzai cabinet

|-

! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! colspan="2" | Affiliation !! Origin

|-

! colspan="6" | Role

|-

| rowspan="2" | President

| Hamid Karzai

| 18 January 2010 – 29 September 2014

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| Ashraf Ghani

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Massoud</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Panjshir)</small>

|-

| Abdul Rashid Dostum

| 29 September 2014 – 1 February 2015

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Junbish-e Milli</small>

| Uzbek<br/><small>(Jowzjan)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Second Vice President

| Karim Khalili

| 29 September 2014 – 1 February 2015

! style="background:"|

|

  • <small>Hezb-e Islami</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Ghazni)</small>

|-

| Second Deputy CEO

| Mohammad Mohaqiq

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>

|Tajik<br/><small>(Parwan)</small>

|-

| Atiqullah Atifmal <small>(acting)</small>

| 11 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat
  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>

|Pashtun<br/><small>(Logar)</small>

|-

| rowspan="5" | Defense

| Abdul Rahim Wardak

| 18 January 2010 – 7 August 2012

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat
  • <small>pro-Rome group</small>
  • <small>Mahaz-e Milli</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Wardak)</small>

|-

| vacant

| 7 – 8 August 2012

|-

| Enayatullah Nazari

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Fahim</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Parwan)</small>

|-

| Bismillah Khan Mohammadi

| 15 September 2012 – 1 December 2014

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Massoud</small>
  • <small>pro-Fahim</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Panjshir)</small>

|-

| Enayatullah Nazari <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Fahim</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Parwan)</small>

|-

| rowspan="6" | Interior

| Haneef Atmar <small>(acting)</small>

| 6 – 30 June 2010

! style="background:"|

| none

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Paktia)</small>

|-

| Bismillah Khan Mohammadi

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Massoud</small>
  • <small>pro-Fahim</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Panjshir)</small>

|-

| Ghulam Mujtaba Patang

| 15 September 2012 – 1 September 2013

! style="background:"|

|

  • <small>pro-Khalq

| 1 September 2013 – 1 December 2014

! style="background:"|

|

  • <small>pro-Hezb-e Islami</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Mohammad Ayub Salangi <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

! style="background:"|

| none

| Tajik<br/><small>(Parwan)</small>

|-

| rowspan="10" | NDS <small>(acting)</small>

| 6 June – 5 July 2010

! style="background:"|

|

  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| Rahmatullah Nabil

| 5 July 2010 – 29 August 2012

! style="background:"|

|

  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>
  • <small>pro-Ibrahim</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Wardak)</small>

|-

| vacant

| 29 August – 15 September 2012

|-

| Asadullah Khalid <small>(acting)</small>

| 7 December 2012 – 3 April 2013

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Fahim</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Panjshir)

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Ittehad-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Sayyaf</small>
  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Ghazni)</small>

|-

| Rahmatullah Nabil

! style="background:"|

|

  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>
  • <small>pro-Ibrahim</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Wardak)</small>

|-

| Asadullah Khalid

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Ittehad-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Sayyaf</small>
  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Ghazni)</small>

|-

| Rahmatullah Nabil

! style="background:"|

|

  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>
  • <small>pro-Ibrahim</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Wardak)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Finance

| Omar Zakhilwal <small>(acting)</small>

| 11 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Abdullah</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Panjshir)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Justice

| Habibullah Ghaleb

| 18 January 2010 – 20 March 2014

!style="background:#FFFFFF;"|

|

  • Rome group
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Mojaddedi</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Kapisa)</small>

|-

| vacant

| 20 March – 1 December 2014

|-

| Sayed Yousuf Halim <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

! style="background:"|

| none

| Sunni Sayyid<br/><small>(Nangarhar)</small>

|-

! colspan="6" | other ministries

|-

| rowspan="3" | Mines

| Wahidullah Shahrani

| 28 October 2013 – 1 December 2014 <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Sunni Sayyid<br/><small>(Balkh)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Economy

| Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

! style="background:"|

|

  • <small>pro-Ghani</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Logar)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Information and Culture

| Sayed Makhdoom Raheen <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 21 January 2015

! style="background:"|

|

  • <small>pro-Ghani</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Farah)</small>

|-

| Sayed Mossadeq Khalili <small>(acting)</small>

| 21 January – 1 February 2015 <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 21 January 2015

! style="background:"|

| none

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Paktia)</small>

|-

| Mohammad Shafiq Samim <small>(acting)</small>

| 21 January – 1 February 2015

! style="background:"|

| none

| Pashtun

|-

| rowspan="3" | Higher Education

| Sarwar Danish

| 9 March 2012 – 1 December 2014

! style="background:"|

|

  • <small>pro-Hezb-e Islami <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

! style="background:"|

| none

| Turkmen

|-

| rowspan="4" | Commerce and Industry

| Ghulam Mohammad Yelaqi <small>(acting)</small>

| 11 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Pashtun

|-

| rowspan="3" | Energy and Water

| Ismail Khan

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Jamiat-e Islami</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Herat)</small>

|-

| Mohammad Arif Noorzai <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

|

| unknown

| unknown

|-

| rowspan="3" | Transportation and Civil Aviation

| Mohammadullah Batash

| 30 June 2010 – 1 December 2014</small>

| Hazara<br/><small>(Ghazni) <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

|

| unknown

| unknown

|-

| rowspan="4" | Public Works

| Suhrab Ali Safari

| 30 June 2010 – 9 March 2012

| Uzbek<br/><small>(Jowzjan)</small>

|-

| Najibullah Awzhang

| 9 March 2012 – 1 December 2014 <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

|

| unknown

| unknown

|-

| rowspan="2" | Women's Affairs

| Husn Banu Ghazanfar <small>(acting)</small>

| 11 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

! style="background:"|

| none

| Hazara

|-

| rowspan="2" | Hajj and Religious Affairs

| Yusuf Niazi

| 18 January 2010 – 1 December 2014

! style="background:"|

| none

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Nangarhar)</small>

|-

| Daee-ul-Haq Abed <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

|

| unknown

| unknown

|-

| rowspan="2" | Public Health

| Suraya Dalil

| 18 January 2010 – 1 December 2014

| Uzbek<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Ahmad Jan Naim <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

|

| unknown

| unknown

|-

| rowspan="2" | Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock

| Mohammad Asif Rahimi

| 18 January 2010 – 1 December 2014

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Tajik<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Salim Khan Kunduzi <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

! style="background:"|

| none

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kunduz)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Communications and IT

| Amirzai Sangin

| 18 January 2010 – 9 March 2012

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Fahim <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

|

| unknown

| Pashtun

|-

| rowspan="5" | Borders, Nations and Tribal Affairs

| Arsala Jamal <small>(acting)</small>

| 18 January – 30 June 2010

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat
  • <small>pro-Hezb-e Islami</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Paktika)</small>

|-

| Asadullah Khalid

| 15 September 2012 – 10 July 2013

|-

| Mohammad Akram Khpalwak

| 10 July 2013 – 1 December 2014

! style="background:"|

|

  • <small>pro-Hezb-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>

| Pashtun

|-

| Sayed Ahmad Haqbin <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Jamiat-e Islami</small>

| Sunni Sayyid<br/><small>(Kapisa)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Urban Development Affairs

| Sultan Hussein Hesari<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Mirza Hussain Abdullahi

| 9 March 2012 – 1 December 2014

| 28 October 2013 – 1 December 2014 <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Nangarhar)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Refugees and Repatriates Affairs

| Abdul Rahim Sayed Jan

| Turkmen<br/><small>(Faryab)</small>

|-

| Fazl Ahmad Azimi <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 December 2014 – 1 February 2015

|

| unknown

| unknown

|-

|}

First Ghani cabinet (2015–2020)

{| class="wikitable sortable"

|+ National Unity Government

|-

! Portfolio !! Name !! Year(s) !! colspan="2" | Affiliation !! Origin

|-

! colspan="6" | Role

|-

| President

| Ashraf Ghani

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Hezb-e Wahdat</small>

| Hazara<br/><small>(Balkh)</small>

|-

! colspan="6" | Key ministries

|-

| rowspan="4" | Foreign Affairs

| Salahuddin Rabbani <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 February 2015 – 23 October 2019

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro–Rabbani</small>
  • <small>pro–Abdullah</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Badakhshan)</small>

|-

| vacant

| 23 – 30 October 2019

|-

| Idrees Zaman <small>(acting)</small>

| 30 October 2019 – 22 January 2020

|

| unknown

| Pashtun

|-

| Haroon Chakhansuri <small>(acting)</small>

| 22 January – 9 March 2020

|

| pro-Ghani

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Nimruz)</small>

|-

| rowspan="5" | Defense

| Enayatullah Nazari <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 February – 24 May 2015

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Fahim</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Parwan)</small>

|-

| Mohammed Masoom Stanekzai <small>(acting)</small>

| 24 May 2015 – 5 May 2016

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat
  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>
  • <small>pro–Ghani</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Logar)</small>

|-

| Abdullah Khan Habibi

| 5 May 2016 – 24 April 2017

| 24 April 2017 – 23 December 2018

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Ittehad-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Sayyaf</small>
  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Ghazni)</small>

|-

| rowspan="7" | Interior

| Nur ul-Haq Ulumi

| 1 February 2015 – 6 February 2016

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance
  • <small>Jabha-ye Milli</small>
  • <small>pro-Parcham</small>
  • <small>pro–Abdullah</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| vacant

| 6 – 24 February 2016

|-

| Taj Mohammad Jahed

| 24 February 2016 – 14 August 2017

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro-Fahim</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Panjshir)</small>

|-

| Wais Ahmad Barmak

| 14 August 2017 – 23 December 2018

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • pro-Northern Alliance
  • <small>pro-Fahim</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Panjshir)</small>

|-

| Amrullah Saleh <small>(acting)</small>

| 23 December 2018 – 19 January 2019

| 19 January – 11 February 2019

|-

| Massoud Andarabi <small>(acting)</small>

| 11 February 2019 – 9 March 2020

|

| pro-Abdullah

| Tajik<br/><small>(Baghlan)</small>

|-

| rowspan="6" | NDS

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat
  • <small>pro-Karzai</small>
  • <small>pro–Ghani</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Logar)</small>

|-

| vacant

| 5 – 11 September 2019

|-

| Ahmad Zia Saraj <small>(acting)</small>

| 11 September 2019 – 9 March 2020

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Tajik<br/><small>(Kapisa)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Finance

| Eklil Ahmad Hakimi

| 1 February 2015 – 26 June 2018

|

| pro–Ghani

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Laghman)</small>

|-

| vacant

| 26 June – 18 July 2018

|-

| Humayoun Qayoumi <small>(acting)</small>

| 18 July 2018 – 9 March 2020

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Justice

| Sayed Yousuf Halim

| 21 April 2015 – 9 March 2020

|

| pro–Abdullah

| Tajik<br/><small>(Parwan)</small>

|-

! colspan="6" | other ministries

|-

| rowspan="4" | Mines

| Daud Shah Saba

| 1 February 2015 – 28 March 2016

|

| pro–Ghani

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Herat)</small>

|-

| vacant

| 28 March – 16 April 2016

|-

| Ghazal Habibyar Safi <small>(acting)</small>

| 16 April 2016 – 1 April 2017

|

|unknown

|unknown

|-

| Nargis Nehan <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 April 2017 – 9 March 2020

|

| unknown

| Hazara<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Economy

| Hakim Khan Habibi

| 21 April 2015 – 7 August 2017

!style="background:#03913D;"|

|

  • Northern Alliance
  • <small>Jamiat-e Islami</small>
  • <small>pro–Abdullah</small>

| Tajik<br/><small>(Parwan)</small>

|-

| Mohammad Mustafa Mastoor

| 21 April 2015 – 7 November 2016

|

| pro–Ghani

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| Kamal Sadat <small>(acting)</small>

| 7 November 2016 – after 6 March 2017

|

| pro-Ghani

| Sunni Sayyid<br/><small>(Kunar)</small>

|-

| various caretaker ministers

| after 6 March 2017 – 25 June 2018

|-

| Hasina Safi <small>(acting)</small>

| 25 June 2018 – 9 March 2020

|

| pro-Ghani

| Pashtun<br /><small>(Laghman)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Education

| Mohammad Shafiq Samim <small>(acting) <small>(acting)</small>

| 25 March 2018 – 9 March 2020

|

| unknown

| Tajik<br/><small>(Balkh)</small>

|-

| rowspan="6" | Higher Education

| Muhammad Osman Baburi <small>(acting)</small>

| after 17 March 2015 – 21 April 2015

|

| unknown

| unknown

|-

| Farida Momand <small>(acting) <small>(acting)</small>

| 22 June – 22 November 2017

|

| pro–Ghani

| Tajik

|-

| Najibullah Khwaja Omari

| 22 November 2017 – 25 May 2019 <small>(acting)</small>

| 25 May 2019 – 9 March 2020

|

| unknown

| Pashtun

|-

| rowspan="2" | Commerce and Industry

| Mozammil Shinwari

| 21 April 2015 – 9 March 2020

|

| pro–Abdullah

| Hazara<br/><small>(Ghazni)</small>

|-

| rowspan="6" | Energy and Water

| Ghulam Farooq Qarizada

|

| unknown

| Tajik<br/><small>(Samangan)</small>

|-

| Tahir Sharan <small>(acting)</small>

| 24 May 2019 – 26 January 2020

|

| unknown

| Hazara

|-

| Khan Mohammad Takal <small>(acting)</small>

| 26 January – 19 February 2020

|

| unknown

| Pashtun

|-

| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | was dissolved on 19 February 2020

|-

| rowspan="4" | Transportation and Civil Aviation

| Ghulam Ali Rasukh <small>(acting)

| 25 July 2017 – 29 January 2020 <small>(acting)</small>

| 29 January – 9 March 2020

|

| unknown

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Public Works

| Nurgul Mangal <small>(acting)

| 21 April 2015 – 9 March 2020

|

| pro–Abdullah

| Uzbek<br/><small>(Balkh)</small>

|-

| Hajj and Religious Affairs

| Faiz Mohammad Osmani

| 1 February 2015 – 9 March 2020

|

| pro–Ghani

| Turkmen<br /><small>(Kunduz)</small>

|-

| Public Health

| Ferozuddin Feroz

| 1 February 2015 – 9 March 2020

|

| pro–Abdullah

| Tajik<br/><small>(Panjshir)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock

| Salim Khan Kunduzi <small>(acting)</small>

| 1 February – 21 April 2015

! style="background:"|

| none

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kunduz)</small>

|-

| Assadullah Zamir

| 21 April 2015 – 21 September 2017

|

| pro–Ghani

| Tajik<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Nasir Ahmad Durrani

| 21 September 2017 – 9 March 2020 <small>(acting) <small>(acting)</small>

| 8 January – 7 August 2017

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat

| Sunni Sayyid<br/><small>(Nangarhar)</small>

|-

| Shahzad Gul Aryoubi

| 7 August 2017 – 24 May 2019 <small>(acting)</small>

| 24 May 2019 – 9 March 2020

|

| pro–Abdullah

| Hazara<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Rural Rehabilitation and Development

| Nasir Ahmad Durrani

| 21 September 2017 – 9 March 2020

| Wasel Nur Mohmand <small>(acting)

| 21 April 2015 – 16 October 2016

! style="background:"|

|

  • <small>pro-PDPA</small>
  • <small>pro–Ghani</small>

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Paktia)</small>

|-

| vacant

| 16 October 2016 – 26 May 2017

|-

| Abdul Ghafoor Liwal <small>(acting)</small>

| 26 May – 25 July 2017

|

| pro–Ghani

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Gul Agha Sherzai

| 25 July 2017 – 9 March 2020

| 21 April 2015 – 13 June 2018

!style="background:#0096FF;"|

|

  • pro-Western technocrat
  • <small>pro–Ghani</small>

| Shiite Sayyid<br/><small>(Baghlan)</small>

|-

| Roshaan Wolusmal <small>(acting)</small>

| 13 June – 2 December 2018

|

| unknown

| Pashtun

|-

| Mohammad Jawad Paikar <small>(acting)</small>

| 2 December 2018 – 9 March 2020

|

| unknown

| Pashtun

|-

| rowspan="3" | Counter Narcotics

| Haroon Rashid Sherzad<br/><small>(Faryab)</small>

|-

| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | was merged into the Ministry of Interior on 27 January 2019</small>

| Shiite Sayyid<br/><small>(Balkh)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Central Bank <small>(caretaker)</small>

| 19 March – 24 May 2021

|

| pro-Ghani

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Ghazni)</small>

|-

| Bismillah Khan Mohammadi

|

| unknown

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Nangarhar)</small>

|-

| Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal <small>(acting)</small>

| 19 June – 15 August 2021

|

| unknown

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Paktia)</small>

|-

| rowspan="1" | NDS

|

| unknown

| Tajik<br/><small>(Kapisa)</small>

|-

| rowspan="4" | Finance

| Humayoun Qayoumi

|

| pro-Ghani

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Khalid Payenda <small>(acting)</small>

| 23 January – 10 August 2021

|

| pro-Ghani

| Pashtun

|-

| Alam Shah Ibrahimi <small>(caretaker)</small>

| 10 – 15 August 2021

|

| unknown

| unknown

|-

| rowspan="2" | Justice

| Abdul Basir Anwar

| 31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021

|

| pro–Abdullah

| Tajik<br/><small>(Panjshir)</small>

|-

| Karima Hamed Faryabi

| 14 September 2020 – 15 August 2021 <small>(acting)

|

| pro-Ghani

| Hazara<br/><small>(Samangan)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Education

| Mirwais Balkhi <small>(acting)

|

| pro-Ghani

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Higher Education

| Abdul Tawab Balakarzai

| 31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021

| 31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021

|

| pro-Ghani

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kabul)</small>

|-

| Najibullah Yamin

| 6 October 2020 – 15 August 2021</small>

| 18 May 2020 – 15 August 2021

|

| pro-Ghani

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Laghman)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Hajj and Religious Affairs

| Faiz Mohammad Osmani

| 6 August 2020 – 15 August 2021

| 31 May – 31 December 2020

|

| pro-Ghani

| Tajik<br/><small>(Balkh)</small>

|-

| vacant

|-

| Wahid Majrooh <small>(acting)</small>

| 29 January – 15 August 2021

|

| unknown

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Herat)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock

| Nasir Ahmad Durrani

| 31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021

| 31 August 2020

|

| pro-Ghani

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Khost)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Labor and Social Affairs

| Faizullah Zaki <small>(acting)</small>

| 9 March – 31 August 2020

|

| pro-Ghani<br/><small>pro-Dostum</small>

| Uzbek<br/><small>(Jowzjan)</small>

|-

| Bashir Ahmad Tahyanj

| 31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021

| 25 January – 15 August 2021

|

| pro-Ghani

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Herat)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Borders, Nations and Tribal Affairs

| Gul Agha Sherzai

| 31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021

| 1 June 2020 – 15 August 2021

| 31 August 2020 – 15 August 2021 <small>(acting)</small>

| 9 March 2020 – 3 June 2020

|

| pro–Ghani

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Logar)</small>

|-

| Ajmal Ahmady <small>(acting)</small>

| 3 June 2020 – 15 August 2021

|

| pro-Ghani

| Tajik<br/><small>(Ghazni)</small>

|-

|}

Islamic Emirate (2021–present)

Post-Republic transitional government (2021)

On the first days of the new regime, tentative nominations to the cabinet were announced until late August 2021, Water and Energy, Education and the acting Head of the Central Bank among other high-ranking officials.

| 24 August – 7 September 2021

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Helmand)</small>

|-

| Intelligence

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

| Uzbek<br/><small>(Jowzjan)</small>

|-

| Education

| Hemat Akhundzada

| 23 August – 7 September 2021

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

| Pashtun

|-

| Higher Education

| Abdul Baqi Haqqani

| 24 August – 7 September 2021

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Zabul)</small>

|-

| Public Health

| Wahid Majrooh

|-

|}

Akhund caretaker cabinet (2021–)

On 7 September 2021, a men-only "caretaker cabinet" was appointed by Akhundzada, headed by Hasan Akhund as Prime Minister. 4 October Among those were the nominations of two Taliban veterans as deputy ministers.

{| class="wikitable"

|+ Akhund cabinet

|-

! Portfolio !! Name !! Years !! colspan="2" | Affiliation !! Origin

|-

! colspan="6" | Role

|-

| rowspan="3"| Prime Minister

| Hasan Akhund</small>

| 17 May – 17 July 2023

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Paktika)</small>

|-

| Hasan Akhund

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| First Deputy Prime Minister

| Abdul Ghani Baradar

| 7 September 2021 – present

| 7 September 2021 – present

| 7 September 2021 – 30 May 2023</small>

|-

! colspan="6" | other ministries

|-

| rowspan="2" | Commerce and Industry

| vacant

| 7 – 21 September 2021

|-

| Nooruddin Azizi

| 21 September 2021 – present

| 7 September – 23 November 2021

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| Economy

| Din Mohammad Hanif

| 7 September 2021 – present</small>

|-

| Shakir Jalali

| 8 October 2021 – 22 March 2023

! style="background:"|

| pro-Taliban

| unknown

|-

| Gul Agha Ishakzai

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| Taliban

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| Noor Ahmad Agha

| 7 July 2024 – present</small>

|-

| Habibullah Agha

| 21 September 2022 – present

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| Taliban

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Higher Education

| Abdul Baqi Haqqani

| 7 September – 18 October 2022

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| Taliban

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| rowspan="2" | Public Works

| Abdul Manan Omari

| 7 September 2021 – 23 January 2023</small>

|-

| Mohammed Isa Akhund

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| Taliban

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kandahar)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Urban Development and Housing

| unknown

| 7 September 2021 – 15 January 2023

|-

| Hamdullah Nomani

| 15 January 2023 – 29 June 2025

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| Taliban

| Baloch<br/><small>(Ghazni)</small>

|-

| Najibullah Haqqani

| 29 June 2025 – present

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

|

|-

| rowspan="2" | Rural Rehabilitation and Development

| Mohammad Younus Akhundzada

| 7 September 2021 – 8 January 2026

! style="background:"|

| none

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Herat)</small>

|-

| Qalandar Ibad

| 21 September 2021 – 28 May 2024

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Paktika)</small>

|-

| Noor Jalal

| 28 May 2024 – present

! style="background:"|

| Taliban

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Kunar)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Communications and IT

| Najibullah Haqqani

| 7 September 2021 – 29 June 2025

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| Taliban

| Baloch<br /><small>(Ghazni)</small>

|-

| Abdul Ahad Fazli

| 4 May 2026 – present

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|

  • Taliban
  • <small>pro-Haqqani network</small>

| Uzbek

|-

| rowspan="3" | Water and Energy

| unknown

| 22 August – 7 September 2021

|-

| Abdul Latif Mansoor

| 7 September 2021 – 8 January 2026

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| Taliban

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Paktia)</small>

|-

| Mohammad Younus Akhundzada

| 8 January 2026 – present<br/><small>(Zabul)</small>

|-

| rowspan="3" | Refugee and Repatriation

| Khalil Haqqani

| 7 September 2021 – 11 December 2024

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| Taliban

| Pashtun<br/><small>(Paktika)

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| Taliban

| unknown

|-

| rowspan="2" | Martyrs and Disabled Affairs

| vacant

| 7 September – 4 October 2021

|-

| Abdul Majeed Akhund

| 4 October 2021 – present</small>

|-

| Hajj and Religious Affairs

| Noor Mohammad Saqib

| 7 September 2021 – present</small>

|-

| Nooruddin Turabi

| 7 July 2024 – present</small>

|-

|}

References

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  • National Foreign Assessment Center (U.S.)., United States. Central Intelligence Agency. Directorate of Intelligence., National Foreign Assessment Center (U.S.)., United States. Central Intelligence Agency. (2003). Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments. Washington, D.C.: The Center.
  • Middle East Journal. Coverage: 1947-2021 (Vol. 1, No. 1 - Vol. 75, No. 4).
  • A Guide to Government in Afghanistan. Annex 1: Central Government Bodies and Political Responsibilities, p.&nbsp;148-150.