Abdur Razzaq

Mullah Abdur Razzaq, an ethnic Pashtun, is a member of the Taliban leadership as of the early 2000s (decade), and a former Afghan Interior Minister.^[1]

Razzaq traveled to Pakistan in mid-May 2000 to discuss the extradition of criminals, terrorism, drug trafficking and the Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement.^[2] 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.^[3] The May 11, 2003 article said that Razzaq was the number two in a then new Taliban military command structure.

References

1. ^ Scott Baldauf, Owais Tohid (May 8, 2003). "Taliban appears to be regrouped and well-funded: A new hierarchy of leaders has emerged across parts of Afghanistan.". Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0508/p01s02-wosc.html. Retrieved 2007-02-27. 
2. ^ "Background paper on Refugees and Asylum Seekers from Afghanistan" (PDF). United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. April 2001. Archived from the original on November 21, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061121111301/http://www.unhcr.org/publ/RSDCOI/3af8027f13.pdf. Retrieved February 27, 2007. 
3. ^ Ian Mather (May 11, 2003). "Russia funding resurgent Taliban". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 11 February 2007. http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=538552003. Retrieved 2007-02-27. 

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