Английская Википедия:Gul Agha Ishakzai

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Gul Agha Ishakzai (born Шаблон:Circa), also known as Mullah Hidayatullah Badri (Шаблон:Lang-ps Шаблон:IPA-ps), is a politician in Afghanistan. As of March 2023, he is serving as the acting chief of Da Afghanistan Bank. Prior to that he served as the country's Finance Minister.

Biographical information

Gul Agha was born in Band-e-Temur, Maiwand District, Kandahar Province. He belongs to the Ishaqzai tribe, and was a childhood friend of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammed Omar. He has also been known as Mullah Gul Agha, Mullah Gul Agha Akhund, Hidayatullah, Haji Hidayatullah, Hayadatullah.

Role in the Taliban

During the insurgency period, Agha led the Taliban's financial commission. His role within the Taliban organization was to collect taxes (zakat) from Baluchistan Province, Pakistan. He has organised funding for suicide attacks in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and for Taliban fighters and their families. He also has links to the related Haqqani network. A number of countries and international organisations; including the United States, the United Nations, and the European Union, have implemented sanctions against him and his associates under counter-terrorism financing measures.

He was a long-time associate of Mohammed Omar; he served as Omar's principal finance officer and one of his closest advisors, living in the presidential palace with him during the first Taliban regime.

He was made head of Talibans' Financial Commission in mid-2013. According to a UN Security Council report in January 2015, Agha, together with other members of the Quetta Shura, showed interest in restarting peace negotiations with the Afghan Government.

On 24 August 2021, he was appointed acting finance minister by the new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

See also

• Cabinet of Afghanistan

External links

• Circular Letter: CL-2010 numbered 051