Mohammad Fazl
Mohammad Fazl محمد فضل | |
|---|---|
| First Deputy Minister of Defense | |
| Assumed office 7 September 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammad Hassan Akhund (acting) |
| Supreme Leader | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
| Preceded by | Shah Mahmood Miakhel |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Qayyum Zakir (acting) |
| Deputy Minister of Defense | |
| In office unknown – November 2001 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammed Rabbani Abdul Kabir |
| Leader | Mohammed Omar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 (age 57–58) Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan |
| Political party | Taliban |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan |
| Branch/service | Islamic Army of Afghanistan |
| Years of service | 1995–2001 |
| Rank | Commander |
| Commands | 10th Division, Takhar Province |
| Battles/wars | Afghan civil war War in Afghanistan |
Mullah Mohammad Fazl (Pashto: محمد فضل [mʊˈhamad fɑˈzɪl]; born 1967) is a member of the Taliban militant group and the First Deputy Defense Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, having assumed the role on 7 September 2021. He also served in the position during the previous Taliban government (1996–2001).
He was held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba for 12 years after being classified as an enemy combatant by the United States. His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 7. He arrived at the Guantanamo detention camps on 11 January 2002 and was held there until 31 May 2014. He was released, along with the other four members of the so-called Taliban Five—Khairullah Khairkhwa, Abdul Haq Wasiq, Norullah Noori, and Mohammad Nabi Omari—in exchange for the release of United States Army soldier Bowe Bergdahl, a convicted deserter who had been held captive by the Taliban-aligned Haqqani network.