Mullah Yaqoob
Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid | |
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ملا یعقوب | |
Yaqoob in 2022 | |
| Minister of Defense | |
| Assumed office 7 September 2021 | |
| Supreme Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
| Prime Minister | Hasan Akhund |
| Deputy | Mohammad Fazl Abdul Qayyum Zakir |
| Preceded by | Bismillah Khan Mohammadi |
| Second Deputy Leader of Afghanistan | |
| Assumed office 15 August 2021 | |
| Supreme Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
| Preceded by | Sarwar Danish (as Second Vice President) |
| In exile 25 May 2016 – 15 August 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Sirajuddin Haqqani |
| Deputy | Ibrahim Sadr |
| Preceded by | Ibrahim Sadr |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1990 (age 35–36) |
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| Ethnicity | Ghilji Pashtun |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Political affiliation | Taliban |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan |
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| Rank | General |
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| Battles/wars | War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) 2026 Afghanistan–Pakistan war |
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Muhammad Yaqoob Mujahid Tumzi (born 1990), commonly known as Mullah Yaqoob, is an Afghan military leader and cleric who is serving as the second deputy leader of Afghanistan and the defense minister under the Taliban regime since 2021.
He has been a deputy leader of the Taliban since 2016, and was additionally appointed to his ministerial role after the Taliban's victory over Western-backed forces in the 2001–2021 war. He has been the Taliban's military chief since 2020.