Abdul Salam Hanafi (Pashto: عبدالسلام حنفي‎, Pashto pronunciation: [ˈabdʊl saˈlɑm hanaˈfi], Uzbek/Dari: عبدالسلام حنفی‎) is an Afghan Uzbek political and religious leader, who is a senior leader of the Taliban, an acting second deputy prime minister, alongside Abdul Ghani Baradar and Abdul Kabir, of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since 2021, and a central member of the negotiation team in the Qatar office.[1][2] He has also served as deputy minister of education in the Taliban government.[3]