Mullah Abdul Samad Khaksar (1960 – January 14, 2006) served as Minister or Deputy Minister of Interior for Afghanistan under the Taliban government. He was born around 1960 in Kandahar. He received a madrasa education and fought under Hezbi Islami commander, Mawlawi Abdul Raziq Muhammad Hasan in Kandahar during the 1980s. He was the Taliban Intelligence Minister from 1994 to 1996 and was later appointed as depth Interior Minister from 1996 to 2001 during the Taliban rule. He also reportedly met with US officials in Peshawar in 1999, offering them help in dealing with Osama bin Laden, but his offer was turned down.