Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, son of Haji Nadir Khan, was born on March 7, 1970, in Zarghun village, Nad Ali district, Helmand province. Hailing Originally from Paktia, his family later relocated to Helmand.
He began his early education in his village mosque. Following the communist coup and Soviet invasion, he emigrated to neighboring Pakistan at the age of nine, where he studied religious and traditional sciences in various schools for Afghan refugees.
In his early years, Mr. Muttaqi actively participated in jihad against the communist regime in Helmand. After the collapse of the regime led by Dr. Najibullah, he, like many other Mujahideen, sought to complete his interrupted education.
In 1994, as the Taliban movement emerged in response to widespread anarchy in the country, he actively participated in the movement from its inception.
Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi is a prominent Afghan politician recognized in the contemporary political landscape of the country, and is a member of the leadership of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. He has played a significant role in political, cultural, and administrative spheres during both the initial rule of the Islamic Emirate and its current rule too.
In addition to holding official administrative positions and being a member of the Afghan cabinet, Mr. Muttaqi has served on numerous postings, including as a leading negotiator for the Islamic Emirate. Notably, he led a delegation appointed by the late Mullah Muhammad Omar, the leader of the Islamic Emirate, to negotiate with the former Northern Alliance. He conducted talks in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, facilitated by the Organization of Islamic Cooperations.

Mr. Muttaqi has held several significant positions within the Taliban Islamic movement and the Islamic Emirate, including:

• Shortly after the Taliban seized Kandahar in 1994, he was appointed Director General of the radio station in Kandahar along being a member of the Taliban’s High Council.
• In July 1995, he was appointed Director General of Information and Culture in Kandahar.
• In October 1996, following the Taliban’s conquest of Kabul, he became the acting Minister of Information and Culture and the official spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate.
• In 1999, he served as Director General of Administrative Affairs.
• In March 2000, he was appointed Minister of Education, a position he held until the onset of the American invasion of Afghanistan.

During the jihad and resistance against the U.S. invasion, Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi undertook several critical roles:

•  He served as the Head of the Cultural Commission of the Islamic Emirate.
•  In 2016, he was appointed Chief of Staff for the leadership office of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.
•  On February 12, 2019, he was selected as a member of the Islamic Emirate’s negotiation team.
• On January 6, 2021, he was appointed head of the Commission for Dawah, Propagation and Mobilization of the Islamic Emirate, continuing until the end of U.S. and Western occupation, which led to the rising of the Islamic Emirate.
• Since the victory of the Islamic Emirate and the end of the U.S. occupation, Mr. Amir Khan Muttaqi has served as the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs since September 7, 2021, in accordance with the announcement of the first cabinet of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.