Peshawar, Sept. 7: Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the head of the powerful Taliban decision-making arm, the Rehbari Shura, has been named as the new head of Afghanistan by the group’s top leader, Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada. This has been claimed in a news of Pakistani media. The newspaper The News International, citing multiple sources, has reported that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the chairman of the Taliban’s political office in Doha, and Mullah Abdus Salaam will serve as deputy head of the Taliban’s new government, Mullah Hassan, announced next week. likely to happen.

Mullah Hassan currently heads the Rahbari Shura, or Leadership Council, the powerful decision-making body of the Taliban, which acts like a government cabinet on all matters of the group, subject to the approval of the top leader. The newspaper said that Mullah Hebatullah himself proposed the name of Mullah Hassan to head the government. It has also been said that the internal issues of the Taliban organization regarding the formation of the government have been resolved.

According to the newspaper, Mullah Hassan belongs to Kandahar, the starting site of the Taliban and is one of the founders of the armed movement. He served as the head of the Rahbari Shura for 20 years and is considered close to Mullah Hebatullah. He served as foreign minister and deputy prime minister during the previous Taliban government in Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001. The newspaper said Mullah Yacoub, the son of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, would be the new defense minister.-Agencies