Abdul Latif Mansur
ملا عبداللطیف منصور
Acting Energy and Water Minister of Afghanistan
Assumed office
7 September 2021
Prime MinisterMohammad Hassan Akhund (acting)
Supreme LeaderHibatullah Akhundzada
Member of the Leadership Council of Afghanistan
Assumed office
May 2002[1]
Agriculture Minister of Afghanistan
In office
c. 1996–c. 2001
Prime MinisterMohammad Rabbani
Abdul Kabir
LeaderMohammed Omar
Succeeded byAbdul Rahman Rashid (2021)
Personal details
Born1968
Gerda Serai District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan
Political partyTaliban
ProfessionPolitician

Mulla Abdul Latif Mansur (Pashto: ملا عبداللطیف منصور [ˈabdʊl laˈtif manˈsur]; born 1968) is an Afghan senior leader of the Taliban serving as the Minister of Energy and Water since 7 September 2021.[2] He is also a central member of the negotiation team in the Qatar office. He previously served as Minister of Agriculture, member of the Taliban Supreme Council, commander in eastern Afghanistan and shadow governor of Nangarhar Province in the previous Taliban government (1996–2001).[3][4]

Early life

Mansur was born in 1968 in the Gerda Serai District, Paktia Province. He is a nephew of Commander Nasrullah Mansoor and belongs to the Ghilzai tribe.[5] He spent most of his life in Pakistan, where he completed his Islamic studies at the Darul Uloom Haqqania in Akora Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sayed, Abdul (8 September 2021). "Analysis: How Are the Taliban Organized?". Voice of America. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "افغان طالبان کی نئی کابینہ میں کون کون شامل".
  3. ↑ "ABDUL LATIF MANSUR | United Nations Security Council".
  4. ↑ "طالبان مذاکراتی ٹیم میں کون کیا ہے؟". BBC News اردو.
  5. ↑ "Mansur, Abdul Latif".
  6. ↑ "Key leaders of Taliban, the 'students' of warfare".
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