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Taliban appoint ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee as new defence minister after the group’s takeover of Afghanistan
A former Guantanamo Bay detainee has reportedly been appointed because the Taliban’s appearing protection minister after the group’s takeover of Afghanistan.
Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir, who was born in 1973, was launched from the infamous Cuba-based camp, which is run by the US, throughout George W Bush’s Presidency in 2007, based on Arab information sources. He was initially arrested by US forces after their invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
On Tuesday, August 24 the Arab information channel cited Al-Jazeera cited Taliban sources and reported that Zakir is now to turn into the group’s defence minister.
Zakir is alleged to be a ‘private buddy’ of Ismail Qaani – the pinnacle of Iran’s elite Quds power – and has beforehand obtained refined weapons programs from the Center East neighbour.
