Honorific-Prefix: | Mullah |
Rahmatullah Najib | |
Office: | Deputy Director of Intelligence |
Term Start: | 7 September 2021 |
Alongside: | Taj Mir Jawad |
1Blankname: | Supreme Leader |
1Namedata: | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
Primeminister: | Mohammad Hassan Akhund |
Office1: | Governor of Balkh |
Term Start1: | c. 1996 |
Term End1: | c. 2000 |
2Blankname1: | Leader |
2Namedata1: | Mohammed Omar |
Primeminister2: | Mohammed Rabbani Abdul Kabir |
Successor2: | Norullah Noori |
Party: | Taliban |
Occupation: | Politician, Taliban member |
Mullah Rahmatullah Najib[1] (in Pushto; Pashto pronounced as /rahmatʊˈlɑ naˈd͡ʒɪb/) is the Deputy Director of Intelligence of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since 7 September 2021, alongside Taj Mir Jawad.[2]
Prior to his promotion to the cabinet, Najib served as a field commander.[3]
In June 2016, Najib was reported to be the Taliban's shadow governor for Logar Province and to have been subjected to false claims of killing by Afghan forces.[4]
On 7 September 2021, Najib was made Deputy Director of Intelligence of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, alongside Taj Mir Jawad, under Director of Intelligence Abdul Haq Wasiq.