Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai (Pashto: شېر محمد عباس ستانکزی; Dari: شير محمد عباس ستانکزی, born 1963) is an Afghan politician, a senior member of the Afghan Taliban and the country's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime from 7 September 2021 to 27 January 2025. He is ethnically Pashtun and comes from the Stanikzai tribe.

He was an officer in the Afghan Army after training at Indian Military Academy. He defected from the army and joined Islamic movements to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. He was a deputy cabinet minister in the first Taliban government. He has been a senior member of the Taliban's political office in Doha since it was set up in 2012, and was its head from 2015 to 2020. He speaks English, Urdu, Pashto, and Dari and has travelled widely to other countries as a Taliban political representative. On 7 September 2021, Sher Abbas was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. On 18 January 2025, he gave a speech in favor of girls' education and women's rights. On 27 January 2025, Afghanistan International reported that he had left Afghanistan after Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada issued an exit ban and arrest warrant against him.