Afghanistan: Taliban officially declare Islamic Emirates and name new prime minister and government officials

The Taliban have introduced a brand new interim authorities in Afghanistan, naming Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund because the nation’s interim prime minister as they formally declared the nation an “Islamic Emirate”.

Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund (pictured above), is among the motion’s founders.

According to Taliban Spokesperson, Zabihullah Mujahid who made the announcement on Tuesday, September 7, the brand new inside minister will likely be Sarajuddin Haqqani.

Different appointments embrace Mullah Yaqoob as performing defence minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi as performing overseas minister, and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Mullah Abdul Salam Hanafi as two deputies.

Yaqoob is the son of Taliban founder and late supreme chief Mullah Omar.

Baradar was beforehand head of the Taliban’s political workplace, and oversaw the signing of the US withdrawal settlement final 12 months.

The brand new inside minister is on the FBI wished record as he the chief of the Haqqani militant group, who’re affiliated with the Taliban and have been behind a few of the deadliest assaults within the nation’s two-decade-long warfare.

 

The Taliban seized management of a lot of the nation greater than three weeks in the past, ousting the earlier elected management of Ashraf Ghani.

“We all know the folks of our nation have been ready for a brand new authorities,” spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid mentioned, including that the group had answered the folks’s wants.