Honorific-Prefix: | Mullah |
Abdul Haq Hamkar Akhund | |
Office: | Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs for Counter Narcotics |
Status: | Acting |
Term Start: | 7 September 2021 |
1Blankname: | Leader |
1Namedata: | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
1Blankname2: | Minister |
1Namedata2: | Sirajuddin Haqqani |
Party: | Taliban |
Occupation: | Politician, Taliban member |
Mullah Abdul Haq Hamkar Akhund[1] (in Pushto; Pashto pronounced as /ˈabdʊl haq ɑˈxund/), also spelt Abdul Haq Akhand[2] or Abdulhaq Akhund,[3] is the Deputy Interior Minister for Counter Narcotics of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since 7 September 2021.
On 6 September 2021, Akhund met with President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer in Kabul and informed him about the current problems and challenges in Afghanistan in the healthcare sector, to which the ICRC promised its assistance.[4]
On 7 September 2021, Akhund was made Deputy Interior Minister for Counter Narcotics of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.