Rahmatullah Kakazada, a key member of the Haqqani Network, has been overseeing the public relations and information directorate within the Ministry of Interior since March 2022. During the Taliban's rule in the 1990s, he reportedly served as a Consul General in the Taliban's Consulate General in Karachi, Pakistan. After 2001, he played a significant role as a key Taliban member in Ghazni province, responsible for intelligence collection, and, as of 2007, reportedly served as the group's shadow governor in Ghazni province. He is a close associate of Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, the Taliban's current foreign minister. Born in 1968, Rahmatullah Kakazada is reportedly listed on the UN's sanctions list under the designation TAi.137.
