| Leaders, Ministers and Deputy Ministers (italicized and bold name indicates captured or killed by U.S.-coalition forces) |
| Name | Position | Situation |
| Mullah Mohammed Omar | Emir of Afghanistan; Head of the Taliban Movement | At large |
| Mullah Mohammad Rabbani | Chairman of the Ruling Council; Head of the Council of Ministers | Died in Pakistan of liver cancer, April 2001 |
| Mullah Mohammad Hasan | First Deputy Council of Ministers | At large; spoke to Reuters by satellite telephone from an undisclosed location on May 4, 2003 |
| Mawlawi Abdul Kabir | Second Deputy Council of Ministers | At large |
| Abdul Wakil Motawakil | Minister of Foreign affairs | At large |
| Abdul Rahman Zahed | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | Allegedly created an impression that he entered Pakistan after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, but had returned before the end of 2001 to his home village in Loghar province http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html; at large |
| Mullah Abdul Jalil | Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs | At large |
| Mullah Ubaidullah Akhund | Minister of Defense | Last heard from in a wireless interview from Kunduz province, late November 2001 http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=33301; at large |
| Mullah Abdul Razaq | Minister of Interior Affairs | Afghan forces captured Razaq while scouring a rugged mountainous region north of Kandahar, April 1, 2003 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2909997.stm. Razaq's son, Abdul, had been killed on September 5, 2002 as he tried to shoot President Hamid Karzai |
| Mullah Khaksar Akhund | Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs | Staged a public press conference in Kabul, late November, 2001 and denounced the Taliban http://www.myafghan.com/news.asp?id=182348283, http://www.abc.net.au/am/s425465.htm; by August 2002, he supports the U.S.-backed Afghan government of Hamid Karzai http://www.iowansforpeace.org/cached_articles/terror_pact.html; at large |
| Mohammad Sharif | Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs | At large |
| Qari Ahmadullah | Minister of Security (Intelligence) | Killed in late December, 2001 by a U.S. bombing raid in the Paktia province http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1739244.stm |
| Mullah Nooruddin Turabi | Minister of Justice | Allegedly sheltered in Quetta by Pakistani officials by the end of 2001 http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html; captured by U.S. forces and then set free and given general amnesty in early January 2002 http://www.boston.com/news/daily/10/attacks_afghanistan.htm, http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,42555,00.html |
| Qari Din Mohammad | Minister of Planning | At large |
| Amir Khan Muttaqi | Minister of Culture & Information | Allegedly moved to Peshawar, Pakistan before the end of 2001 http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,624586,00.html and still "hiding out in the Pakistani frontier" March 19, 2002 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/03/20/attack/main504122.shtml; still at large |
| Mullah Ghausuddin | Foreign Minister | Killed in a gun battle in Zabul province, May 27, 2003 http://www.myafghan.com/news2.asp?id=-1789519272&search=5/27/2003 |
| Mullah Abbas Akhund | Minister of Health | In February 2002, he was "hiding with his military force about 5 miles from Uruzgan village" http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,198864,00.html; at large |
| Sher Abbas Stanekzai | Deputy Minister of Health | At large |
| Mullah Abdul Salam Haqqani | Minister of Education | At large |
| Mullah Yar Mohammad | Minister of Communication | At large |
| Alla Dad Tayeb | Deputy Minister of Communication | At large |
| Alhaj Mullah Mohammad Isa Akhund | Minister of Mines and Industries | At large |
| Mawlawi Mohammadullah Mati' | Minister of Public Works | At large |
| Mawlawi Rostam Nuristani | Deputy Minister of Public Works | At large |
| Hafez Mohibullah | Minister of Haj and Religious Affairs | At large |
| Mawlawi Moslim Haqqani | First Deputy Council of Ministers | At large |
| Mawlawi Abdul Raqib | First Deputy Council of Ministers | Unknown (is he the same Abdul Raqib as the official from the agriculture department in 2003? http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/arr/arr_200306_64_4_eng.txt) |
| Mullah Mohammad Jan Akhund | Minister of Water and Electricity | At large |
| Mawlawi Faiz Mohammad Faizan | Deputy Minister of Commerce | At large |
| Mawlawi Abdul Hakim Monib | Deputy Minister of Frontier Affairs | At large |
| Mawlawi Shahid Khel | Deputy Minister of Education | Captured in Afghanistan in early April 2003 |
| Sattar Sadozai | "A key intelligence official" | Captured in Afghanistan in early April 2003 |
| Zabihullah Zahid | Deputy Minister of Education | Arrested in Balkh province, Afghanistan in early August 2003 http://www.myafghan.com/news2.asp?id=304493444&search=8/4/2003 |