Mullah Abdul Haq Akhund Deputy Minister for Finance and Administrative Affairs at the Ministry of Public Works in mid-October 2025. Prior to this, he was Deputy Minister for Counternarcotics at the Ministry of Interior. In that capacity, he oversaw the formulation and execution of the Taliban government's policies and programs aimed at combating the cultivation, production, trafficking, and interdiction of narcotics in Afghanistan.
During the 1990s, he worked as a Chief of Police and later as a public health official under the Taliban's regime. He also reportedly served as provincial director of information and culture in Kandahar province. Recognized as a senior figure in the Taliban's security hierarchy, he holds the rank of "LOY-PASSWAL," a designation equivalent to the title of "Commissioner of Police."
Notably, Abdul Haq Akhund is the brother of Mullah Saaduddin Saeed, who presently serves as the Deputy Minister of Information and Culture in the Taliban's government. Among his three other brothers, the youngest, Ihsanullah, was killed in a firefight with U.S. forces in Zhari district, Kandahar province.
