# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mohammad-yaqoob
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:00:22.013Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mohammad-yaqoob"
name: "Mohammad Yaqoob"
slug: "mohammad-yaqoob"
description: "Muhammad Yaqoob Mujahid Tumzi, commonly known as Mullah Yaqoob, is an Afghan military leader and cleric who is serving as the second deputy leader of Afghanistan and the defense minister since 2021. He has been a deputy leader of the Taliban since 2016, and was additionally appointed to his ministerial role after the Taliban's victory over Western-backed forces in the 2001–2021 war. He has been the Taliban's military chief since 2020. He is also the son of the Taliban's founder, Mullah Omar."
tagline: "Minister of Defense of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mullah_Yaqoob_in_January_2022.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1990"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.01619066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump