Leaders

Mohammad Hasan Akhund

Who leads Afghanistan? Mohammad Hasan Akhund, Acting Prime Minister. Profile, record and power assessment from the Magna Bureau leader index.

Acting Prime Minister — Afghanistan

Record & power

Record score	37
Power score	28

Country momentum 0 — Quarterly momentum: the Bureau's read on the country's trajectory over the last quarter, from −10 (deteriorating fast) to +10 (accelerating).

Why it matters

Cut some wartime corruption and stabilized the afghani after the 2021 collapse.
GDP is still ~25% below its 2020 level; 2025 growth was just 1.9% (UNDP).
Public floggings and executions have resumed; dissent is crushed.
Opaque; estimates put defense near 2% of a shrunken ~$15bn GDP.

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Across the Bureau

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