Abdul Razaq

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Who is Abdul Razaq?

Mullah Abdur Razzaq Akhundzada, an ethnic Pashtun, is a member of the Taliban leadership as of the early 2000s, and a former Afghan Interior Minister.

Razzaq traveled to Pakistan in mid-May 2000 to discuss the extradition of criminals, terrorism, drug trafficking and the Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement. Pakistan demanded the closure of 18 Afghan training camps, where they believed Pakistani militants were receiving training.

The British paper The Scotsman reported that Razzaq was a founding member of the Taliban; that he headed the Taliban's customs department; and was later Interior Minister. The May 11, 2003 article said that Razzaq was the number two in a then new Taliban military command structure.

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on July 23, 2013

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