Back عبد القيوم ذاكر Arabic আবদুল কাইয়ুম জাকির Bengali/Bangla عبدالقیوم ذاکر Persian Abdul Qayyum Zakir ID Abdul Qayyum Zakir Portuguese Закир, Абдул Russian
Abdul Qayyum Zakir | |||||||||||||
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| عبدالقیوم ذاکر | |||||||||||||
| Deputy Minister of Defence | |||||||||||||
Acting | |||||||||||||
| Assumed office 21 September 2021 | |||||||||||||
| Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada | ||||||||||||
| Prime Minister | Hasan Akhund (acting) | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mohammad Fazl (acting) | ||||||||||||
| Minister of Defence | |||||||||||||
| In office 24 August 2021 – 7 September 2021 | |||||||||||||
| Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada | ||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Bismillah Khan Mohammadi | ||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Yaqoob (acting) | ||||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||||
| Born | 1973 (age 51–52)[1] Kajaki, Helmand Province, Afghanistan | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Politician, Taliban member | ||||||||||||
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| Allegiance |  Taliban (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) | ||||||||||||
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| Rank | Commander | ||||||||||||
| Unit | Sayyid Ala ud-Din Agha 203 Mansoori Corps | ||||||||||||
| Commands | Deputy Chief of Army Staff Head of the Military Affairs Commission (until 2014) Panjshir Brigade (since 2022) Andarab Regiment (since 2022) | ||||||||||||
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Abdul Qayyum "Zakir" (born 1973), also known by the nom de guerre Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul,[4][5] is a Taliban militant commander and the acting Deputy Minister of Defense of the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime currently ruling Afghanistan.[6] He was also the acting Defense Minister of the Taliban, from 24 August 2021 to 7 September 2021.[7]
Zakir joined the Taliban movement in 1997 and took part in the Afghan civil war. He held the positions of deputy army commander, northern front commander and minister of defence for a short period during the first Taliban government of Afghanistan.[8] Following the United States invasion of Afghanistan, Zakir surrendered to US forces and was interned in the US Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba.[9] He was transferred from US custody to Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Afghanistan, from where he was later released.[5]
After his release, Zakir rose through the ranks of the Taliban, running military operations in Helmand and Nimroz provinces[10] before becoming the Taliban's overall military commander. During his tenure he was often described as one of the movement's hardliners and was reported to maintain close links to Iran.[11] In 2014, he stepped down, reportedly following an internal leadership dispute,[12] then was appointed as a deputy to the military head in 2020.[13]
- ^ Harris, Jr., Harry B. (December 26, 2006). "MEMORANDUM FOR Commander, United States Southern Command, 3511 NW Avenue, Miami, FL 33172" (PDF). The New York Times. Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. United States Department of Defense. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 3, 2021. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
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- ^ a b Evans, Michael; Philp, Catherine (March 13, 2009). "Afghans pressed to explain release of Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul". The Times. London. Archived from the original on November 17, 2021. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
- ^ Gopalakrishnan, Raju; Mackenzie, James (21 September 2021). Birsel, Robert (ed.). "Taliban appoint hardline battlefield commanders to key Afghan posts". Reuters. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ "Taliban appoints former Guantanamo detainee as acting defense minister, Al Jazeera says". Reuters. 2021-08-24. Archived from the original on 2021-08-24. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
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