Taj Mir Jawad

Mullah Taj Mir Jawad[1] (Pashto: تاج مير جواد [tɑd͡ʒ ˈmir d͡ʒaˈwɑd]), also spelt Tajmir Jawad,[2][3] is the Deputy Director of Intelligence of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since 7 September 2021,[3] alongside Rahmatullah Najib.[4] He is a senior leader of the Haqqani network.[2][3]

Mullah
Taj Mir Jawad
تاج مير جواد
Deputy Director of Intelligence
Assumed office
7 September 2021
Serving with Rahmatullah Najib
Supreme LeaderHibatullah Akhundzada
Prime MinisterMohammad Hassan Akhund
Personal details
Political party Taliban

Career

From 2008, Jawad was believed to be the operational head of several suicide attacks in Kabul as part of the "Kabul Attack Network", most notably the 2011 Inter-Continental Hotel Kabul attack.[3][5] At this time, he was believed by Afghan and US officials to be living freely in Peshawar, Pakistan.[3]

In 2018, Afghan Head of the National Directorate of Security Rahmatullah Nabil blamed Jawad for supervising the Al-Hamza Martyrdom Brigade, a training centre for suicide bombers that he said trained the assassin of police chief Abdul Raziq Achakzai, who had been assassinated that year.[1]

On 7 September 2021, Jawad was made Deputy Director of Intelligence of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, alongside Rahmatullah Najib,[4] under Director of Intelligence Abdul Haq Wasiq.[1]

References
  1. "Taliban's new deputy intel chief ran suicide attack network". Hindustan Times. 9 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  2. "The Secret War - Transcript". FRONTLINE. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  3. "All the Taliban's men: A who's who of the Islamic Emirate's new leadership". Firstpost. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  4. "In Mohammad Akhund-led Taliban govt, several key faces from Haqqani Network". Hindustan Times. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  5. "ISAF airstrike kills senior Haqqani Network commander involved in Kabul hotel attack | FDD's Long War Journal". www.longwarjournal.org. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2021.


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