Shahabuddin Delawar

Maulvi Shahabuddin Delawar (born; 1950s) is an Afghan senior leader of the Taliban and Islamic scholar.

Life and career Delawar was formerly the Minister of Minerals and Petroleum in the internationally unrecognized Taliban regime in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan from 23 November 2021 to 7 July 2024 and since then the chief of the Afghan Red Crescent Society. He was a founding member of their negotiating team based in Qatar, arrived there in January 2012. He served as ambassador to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia under the Taliban government. He also served as Consul General at the Afghan Consulate in Peshawar.

Delawar belongs to Logar province. He completed his graduation from Darul Uloom Haqqania. He has been associated with teaching at religious seminaries and, as of 2021, was running a religious seminary in Peshawar. Delawar joined the Taliban in the 1990s when they emerged in Afghanistan.