Mullah Mullah () is an honorific title for Islam, Muslim clergy and mosque Imam, leaders. The term is widely used in Iran and Afghanistan and is also used for a person who has higher education in Islamic theology and Sharia, sharia law. The title h ...

Mohammad Abbas Akhund () is an Afghan

Taliban , leader1_title = Supreme Leader of Afghanistan, Supreme leaders , leader1_name = {{indented plainlist, * Mullah Omar{{Natural Causes{{nbsp(1994–2013) * Akhtar Mansour{{Assassinated (2015–2016) * Hibatullah Akhundzada (2016–present) ...

politician who is serving as Acting Minister of Disaster Management of the

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

since 23 November 2021. Abbas has also served as Minister of Public Health in the Taliban's previous regime (1996–2001). He is an ethnic

Pashtun Pashtuns (, , ; ;), also known as Pakhtuns, or Pathans, are an Iranic ethnic group primarily residing in southern and eastern Afghanistan and northwestern Pakistan. They were historically also referred to as Afghans until 1964 after the ...

and belongs to the Achakzai tribe from

Spin Boldak district Spin Boldak is a district in the eastern part of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. It borders Daman District to the west, Arghistan District to the north, Qila Abdullah District of Pakistan to the east and Shorabak District to the south. The popu ...

, Kandahar province. He was born in Khas Uruzgan District, Uruzgan Province.https://www.afghan-bios.info/index.php?option=com_afghanbios&id=2826&task=view&total=36&start=11&Itemid=2

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Living people Taliban government ministers of Afghanistan Public health ministers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Afghanistan-politician-stub