Taliban Forms New Cabinet, Includes US-Designated Terrorist
Taliban declared formation of new administration comprised of senior Taliban leaders, including the commander of US-designated terrorist organization.
Editorial Staff
Taliban Forms New Cabinet, Includes US-Designated Terrorist
As the West debates whether to acknowledge the new administration, the Taliban included the leader of a US-designated terrorist organization in a new government to publicly commemorate the group's return to power after 20 years of conflict with America. At a news conference in Kabul on Tuesday, spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahed said that Mullah Mohammad Hassan, the little-known chairman of the Taliban's leadership council, had been chosen, interim prime minister. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's co-founder and major public face who struck a peace accord with the Trump administration last year, will be his deputy. The acting interior minister will be Sirajuddin Haqqani, the leader of the Haqqani Network, who is on the FBI's most-wanted list for terrorism. That may make any efforts by the US to work with the Taliban more difficult, especially since President Joe Biden has urged the Taliban to sever all links with terrorist groups. Mujahed told reporters that the Tali…
