Sheikh Mohammad Khalid | |
Office: | Minister for Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice |
Status: | Acting |
Term Start: | 7 September 2021 |
1Blankname: | Leader |
1Namedata: | Hibatullah Akhundzada |
Primeminister1: | Hasan Akhund (acting) |
Predecessor1: | Office re-established |
Occupation: | Politician, Taliban member |
Nationality: | Afghan |
Sheikh Mohammad Khalid (in Pushto; Pashto pronounced as /ʃɪx mʊˈhamad xɑˈlɪd/) is the acting Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Minister of Dawat-wal-Irshad) of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since 7 September 2021.[1] He is an ethnic Nuristani, from Kolam village, Nuristan Province.
On 7 March 2023, he was blacklisted by the EU authorities, having been identified as an active contributor to continued widespread state-sponsored violations of women's and girls' rights across Afghanistan by the new Taliban government.[2]