Mullah Hayatullah Khan shugaban Taliban ne kuma kakakinsa. A cikin 2004 Khan ya sanar da 'yan jarida cewa shugabancin Taliban yana Afghanistan, ba ya shiga mafaka a Balochistan . Lokacin da Hayatullah Khan ya yi bayani na farko, a 2004, Shugaban Afghanistan Hamid Karzai ya ce "Wanene wannan kwamandan Taliban Hayatullah Khan wanda ya yi wannan ikirarin? Ban taɓa jin sunansa ba kuma wataƙila ku ma ba ku san shi ba. " . A watan Fabrairun 2007 an ambato shi game da kame Taliban Qala da Taliban ta yi. Ya tabbatar da cewa 'yan Taliban din na da mayaka sama da 300 a cikin Musa Qala. Ya ce Taliban tana da dubban mutane da suka ba da kansu don zama 'yan kunar bakin wake . A cikin watan Afrilu na 2007 ya gaya wa Daily Times cewa Taliban tana da ’yan Afghanistan da ke shirye su yi aikin kai harin kunar bakin wake da ke jiran kai hari a manyan biranen Afghanistan. A watan Oktoban 2007 ya tabbatar da cewa kungiyar Taliban ba ta taka rawa ba a yunkurin kisan Benazir Bhutto . Ya ce "kungiyar Taliban ta Afghanistan ba ta da hannu a hare-hare a kasashen waje."