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Abdul Hakim Haqqani

Mawlawi Abdul Hakim Haqqani
عبد الحكيم حقاني
Abdul Hakim Haqqani in 2020
Chief Justice of Afghanistan
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 August 2021
Deputy	Mohammad Qasim Rasikh (1st) Sheikh Abdul Malik (2nd)
Supreme Leader	Hibatullah Akhundzada
Preceded by	Sayed Yousuf Halim
In exile 25 May 2016 – 15 August 2021
Supreme Leader	Hibatullah Akhundzada
Preceded by	Hibatullah Akhundzada
Judge of the Kandahar Primary Court
In office c. 1995–c. 2001
Supreme Leader	Mullah Omar
Personal details
Born	1967 Panjwayi, Kandahar Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Education	Darul Uloom Haqqania
Profession	Politician, writer
Political affiliation	Taliban

Abdul Hakim Haqqani (Pashto: عبد الحكيم حقاني Pashto pronunciation: [ˈabdʊl haˈkim haqɑˈni]; born 1967), also known as Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai (Pashto: عبد الحكيم اسحاقزى Pashto pronunciation: [ˈabdʊl haˈkim ɪshaqˈzai]),^[1][2][3] is an Afghan Islamic scholar and writer who has been the chief justice of Afghanistan since 2021 in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime.^[4] He has also served as chief justice of the Supreme Court in the 1996–2001 Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. He was the chairman of the Taliban negotiation team in the Qatar office. He is one of the founding members of the Taliban and was a close associate of the late leader Mullah Mohammed Omar.^[5][6]

He was born to Mawlawi Khudaidad in 1967 in the Panjwayi DistrictofKandahar Province, Afghanistan. He graduated from Darul Uloom Haqqania, a Deobandi Islamic seminary (darul uloom), in Pakistan, and taught there.^[6]

Apart from teaching at the Darul Uloom Haqqania, until recently he also ran his own Islamic seminary or madrasa in the Ishaqabad area of Quetta, in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.^[6]

During the rule of the first Islamic Emirate, in addition to teaching, he also served in the Appellate Court and at the Central Dar ul-Ifta. Following the appointment of Hibatullah AkhundzadaasSupreme Leader, Ishaqzai was appointed Chief Justice.^[7]

In September 2020, he was appointed the Taliban's chief negotiator for peace talks in Qatar with the government of Afghanistan, replacing Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, who became his deputy in the 21-member negotiating team.^[8]

On 20 July 2023, Hakim Haqqani was sanctioned by the EU due to his instrumental role as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in implementing policies and spreading ideological teachings aimed at creating and justifying gender-based repressions against women in Afghanistan.^[9]

Specializing in Islamic jurisprudence, especially its justice system, Hakim Haqqani has written books on various subjects which have been translated into many languages.^[10]