During the
insurgency period, Agha led the Taliban's financial commission. His role within the Taliban organization was to collect taxes (
zakat) from
Baluchistan Province,
Pakistan. He has organised funding for
suicide attacks in
Kandahar,
Afghanistan, and for Taliban fighters and their families. He also has links to the related
Haqqani network. A number of countries and international organisations; including the United States, the United Nations, and the European Union, have implemented sanctions against him and his associates under counter-terrorism financing measures. He was a long-time associate of Mohammed Omar; he served as Omar's principal finance officer and one of his closest advisors, living in the
presidential palace with him during the first Taliban regime. On 24 August 2021, he was appointed acting finance minister by the new Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. He was appointed acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum on 6 July 2024, with Noor Ahmad Agha taking his place as acting Governor of Da Afghanistan Bank. Agha was aboard a helicopter of the
Afghan Air Force that crashed in
Ghor Province on 10 September 2025. No one on board the helicopter died or was injured. ==See also==