IEA announces 27 new appointments to key positions

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials on Monday announced the names of 27 people who have been appointed to key positions within the new government.

Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the IEA, said the men had been appointed to the posts by order of Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, the IEA’s leader.

According to a list posted on Twitter by Mujahid, Mawlavi Shahabuddin Delavar has been named as acting minister of mines and petroleum, and Mullah Mohammad Abbas Akhund has been named as acting minister of disaster management.

In addition, twenty-five others have been appointed as deputy ministers, corps commanders and heads of independent departments.

The new appointments are as follows:

• Mawlavi Shahabuddin Delavar, Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum

• Haji Mullah Mohammad Esa Akhund, Deputy Minister of Mines and Petroleum

• Mullah Mohammad Abbas Akhund, Acting Minister of Disaster Management

• Mawlavi Sharafuddin, Deputy Minister of Disaster Management

• Mawlavi Enayatullah, Deputy Minister of Disaster Management

• Mawlavi Hamdullah Zahed, head of the National Procurement Department

• Sheikh Abdul Rahim, Deputy Director of the National Procurement Department

• Mawlavi Qodratullah Jamal, Head of the Supreme Audit Office

• Mawlavi Ezatullah, Deputy Chief of the Supreme Audit Office

• Mawlavi Mohammad Yousef Mastari, Acting Director of Prisons

• Mullah Habibullah Fazli, Deputy Director of Prison Affairs

• Mawlavi Keramatullah Akhundzadah, head of the Administrative Reform and Civil Service Commission

• Mawlavi Ahmad Taha, Deputy Minister of Borders and Tribes

• Mawlavi Gul Zarin, head of the nomads at the Ministry of Borders and Tribes

• Sheikh Mawlavi Abdul Hakim, Deputy Minister of Martyrs and the Disabled

• Mawlavi Saeed Ahmad Shahidkhel, Deputy Minister of Education

• Mawlavi Abdul Rahman Halim, Deputy Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development

• Mawlavi Atiqullah Azizi, Deputy Minister of Finance and Administration of the Ministry of Information and Culture

• Mullah Faizullah Akhund, Deputy Minister of Youth, Ministry of Information and Culture

• Mawlavi Saifuddin Tayeb, Deputy Director of Communications

• Mawlavi Fathullah Mansour, head of Kandahar airport

• Mohammad Ismail, Executive Commander of the Military Court

• Mawlavi Esmatullah Asim, the deputy of the Red Cross

• Mawlavi Rahimullah Mahmoud, Deputy Commander of the Al-Badar Corps in Kandahar

• Mawlavi Abdul Samad, Deputy Commander of Azam Corps in Helmand

• Mullah Nasser Akhund, Deputy Minister of Finance

• Mawlavi Arefullah Aref, Deputy Minister of Energy and Water