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List of Taliban insurgency leaders

This is a list of Taliban leaders during the insurgency from 2001 to 2021.

Supreme leaders

Deputies and ministers

Governors

Other high-ranking officials, ambassadors and envoys abroad

Field commanders

See also

References

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