Kabul: The Taliban has announced the names of several members of a new caretaker government in Afghanistan led by Mohammad Hasan Akhund.
The list of cabinet members announced by chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid at a news conference in Kabul on Tuesday.
“The Islamic Emirate decided to appoint and announce a caretaker cabinet to carry out the necessary government works,” said Mujahid, who named 33 members of “the new Islamic government” and said the remaining posts will be announced after careful deliberation.
Mujahid stressed the cabinet was an “acting” government and that the group will “try to take people from other parts of the country”.
Here is the full list of names announced:
Hasan Akhund will lead the new Afghan government
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Mullah Abdus Salam will be his deputies.
Amir Khan Muttaqi – Foreign Minister
Abas Stanikzai – acting deputy Foreign Minister
Mullah Yaqoob – the son of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, Yaqoob has been approved as Afghanistan’s defence minister
Amir Khan Muttaqi – Foreign Minister
Sirajuddin Haqqani – Interior Minister
Qari Din Hanif – Acting Minister of Economy
Abas Stanikzai – acting deputy Foreign Minister
Mawlawi Noor Mohammad Saqib – Acting Minister for Hajj amd Religious Affairs
Mawlawi Abdul Hakim Sharie – Acting Minister of Justice
Mullah Noorullah Noori – Acting Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs
Mullah Mohammad Younus Akhundzada – Acting Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development
Mullah Abdul Manan Omari – Acting Minister of Public Work
Mullah Mohammad Esa Akhund – Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum
Mullah Abdul Latif Mansoor – Acting Minister of Water and Energy
Mullah Hamidullah Akhundzada – Acting Minister of Civil Aviation and Transport
Abdul Baqi Haqqani – Acting Minister of Higher Education
Najibullah Haqqani – Acting Minister of Telecommunication
Khalilur Rahman Haqqani – Acting Minister of Refugees
Abdul Haq Wasiq – Acting Director of Intelligence
Haji Mohammad Idris – Acting Director of the Central Bank
Ahmad Jan Ahmady – Acting Director of the Administrative Office of the President
