Sheikh Mohammad Khalid

Sheikh Mohammad Khalid is the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of [Vice (Afghanistan)|Minister for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice] of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since 7 September 2021. He is an ethnic Nuristani, from Kolam village, Nuristan Province.
On 15 August 2025, Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada reappointed Khalid and the rest of the Akhund cabinet to their positions on a permanent basis.

International sanctions

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. He was also sanctioned on similar grounds by Australia in 2025.