Hasan Akhund
Celebrity
Prime Minister of Afghanistan
- Birthday
- November 30, 1944
- Age
- 81
- Birthplace
- Panjwayi District
About
Muhammad Hasan Akhund Kakar (born c. 1945–1958) is an Afghan politician and cleric who has been serving as the 27th prime minister of Afghanistan since 2025, having previously served in this role on an interim basis from 2021. A member of the Taliban, he has been a member of the Leadership Council since 2002, and previously served as deputy prime minister from 1996 to 2001, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1998 to 1999.
Akhund is one of the founding members of the Taliban and has been a senior leading member of the movement. In the first Taliban government (1996–2001), he served as the deputy foreign minister.
== Early life and education ==
Akhund is from southern Afghanistan. He belongs to the Kakar tribe of Pashtuns. According to UN Security Council data, he was born in Pashmul, which at the time of his birth was in Panjwayi District, but is now in Zhari District, in Kandahar Province of the Kingdom of Afghanistan. The UN has two estimates for his year of birth, being approximately 1945–1950 and approximately 1955–1958.
He studied in various Islamic seminaries in Afghanistan. Unlike many Taliban leaders, Akhund did not participate in the Soviet–Afghan War.
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