Mullah Yaqoob

Mawlawi[1] Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob
محمد یعقوب
Minister of Defense
Acting
Assumed office 7 September 2021
Prime Minister	Hasan Akhund (acting)
Deputy	Mohammad Fazl (acting) Abdul Qayyum Zakir (acting)
Supreme Leader	Hibatullah Akhundzada
Preceded by	Abdul Qayyum Zakir (acting)
Second Deputy Leader of Afghanistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 August 2021 Serving with Sirajuddin Haqqani and Abdul Ghani Baradar
Supreme Leader	Hibatullah Akhundzada
Preceded by	Sarwar Danish (as Second Vice President)
In exile 25 May 2016 – 15 August 2021
Supreme Leader	Hibatullah Akhundzada
Preceded by	Sirajuddin Haqqani
Head of the Military Affairs Commission
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 August 2021
In exile 7 May 2020 – 15 August 2021
Deputy	Ibrahim Sadr
Preceded by	Ibrahim Sadr
Personal details
Born	1990 (age 33–34)
Nationality	Afghan
Ethnicity	Ghilji Pashtun
Religion	Sunni Islam
Political affiliation	Taliban
Military service
Allegiance	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Branch/service	Military Affairs Commission (2020–present) Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (2021–present)
Rank	General[2]
Commands	Deputy Head of the Military Affairs Commission (Southwestern Zone) (2016–2020) Head of the Military Affairs Commission (2020–present)
Battles/wars	War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid^[1] (Pashto/Dari: محمد یعقوب, Pashto pronunciation: [mʊˈhamad jaˈqub], Dari pronunciation: [mʊˈhammad jaːˈqʊb]; born 1990) is an Afghan militant commander and cleric who is the second deputy leader of Afghanistan and the acting defense minister in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime since 2021. He has been a deputy leader of the Taliban since 2016, and was additionally appointed to his ministerial role after the Taliban's victory over Western-backed forces in the 2001–2021 war. He has been the Taliban's military chief since 2020.