Members of the Taliban Badri 313 military unit stand beside damaged and discarded vehicles parked near the destroyed Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) base in Deh Sabz district northeast of Kabul on Sept 6, 2021 after the US pulled all its troops out of the country.
(AAMIR QURESHI / AFP)
KABUL – The Taliban said on Tuesday that Mullah Hassan Akhund was appointed as the acting prime minister in Afghanistan's caretaker government.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a press conference that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Abdul Salam Hanafi were named as the acting deputy prime ministers, while Mullah Yaqoob, son of the Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, was appointed as the acting defense minister.
Sarajuddin Haqqani was named as the acting interior minister.
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