Kabul (Afghanistan):
Having endured 20 years of war with the US and NATO, the Taliban recaptured Kabul and driven out the Afghan government.
The Taliban has now finally formed a new Afghan government more than 20 days after capturing Kabul and forcing the US and NATO into a humiliating withdrawal from Afghanistan.
True to its hardline Islamic approach, the Taliban has not kept any women in the new Afghan cabinet.
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After the fall of the Republic of Afghanistan, the Taliban on Tuesday formed the interim “Islamic Emirate”, appointing hardliners in its new government who oversaw the 20-year fight against the US-led military coalition.
The cabinet members consist of many Taliban figures that are considered hardliners. The list announced by chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid was dominated by members of the group’s old guard, with no women included. Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund is appointed as Prime Minister with two deputies Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Molavi Abdul Salam Hanafi.
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Akhund was a close aide to the group’s late founder Mullah Omar and is on a United Nations sanctions list. He was previously the foreign minister and then deputy prime minister during the group’s last stint in power from 1996 to 2001.
Molavi Muhammad Yaqoob Mujahid, son of Mullah Omar has been appointed as Minister of Defence.
Molavi Siraj udin Haqqani has been appointed as Minister of Interior, while Molavi Amir Khan Muttaqi, a Taliban negotiator in Doha as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
The Taliban cabinet
Prime Minister – Mulla Mohammad Hassan Akhundzada
Deputy PM – Mulla Baradar, Abdul Salam Hanafi,
Home Minister – Sirajuddin Haqqani
Defence Minister – Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid
Finance Minister – Mulla Hidayatullah Badri
External Affairs Minister – Maulvi Amir Khan Mutakki
Education Minister – Sheikh Maulvi Nurullah Munir
Minister for Refugee Affairs – Khalilurrahman Haqqani
Deputy Foreign Minister – Sher Mohammad Stanekzai
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Culture – Jabiullah Mujahid
Chief of Army Staff in the Ministry of Defense – Kari Fasihuddin
Chief of Army Staff – Mulla Fazal
Chief of Intelligence – Mulla Taj Mir Jawad,
Head of National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Mulla Abdul Haq Wasik.
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Mujahid, who named 33 members of “the new Islamic Government”, said the remaining posts will be announced after careful deliberations.
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