Rasul exerted pressure and suppression on Pashtun factions unpopular with the Taliban, and made a considerable fortune controlling cross-border drug-smuggling through Nimruz.

[4] In 2015, Rasul broke away from the main Taliban leadership and established his own group, the High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

[13] In January 2022, Muhammad Rasul met with defense minister Mullah Yaqoob in Kabul and stated his support for the new government.

[14] During the Friday prayer on August 16, 2019, a powerful blast tore through a grand mosque in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.

The High Council of Afghanistan Islamic Emirate claimed responsibility for the attack, adding that the prime target was Haibatullah.