Taliban name caretaker Cabinet that pays homage to old guard

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By KATHY GANNON

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban on Tuesday announced a caretaker Cabinet that paid homage to the old guard of the group, giving top posts to Taliban personalities who dominated the 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition and its Afghan government allies.

Interim Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund headed the Taliban government in Kabul during the last years of its rule. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who had led talks with the United States and signed the deal that led to America’s final withdrawal from Afghanistan, will be one of two deputies to Akhund.

There was no evidence of non-Taliban in the lineup, a big demand of the international community.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, when announcing the Cabinet, said the appointments were for an interim government. He did not elaborate on how long they would serve and what would be the catalyst for a change.



Afghans shout slogans during an anti-Pakistan demonstration, near the Pakistan embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2021. Sign in Persian reads, "Pakistan Pakistan Get out of Afghanistan." (AP Photo/Wali Sabawoon)


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[Mysterian]

1. Glad we got out of that hell-hole

Time for the Afghans to run their own country. I hope the Afghani people are able to improve their government and rid themselves of the crazy preachers and kooks of the Taliban.

[Calista241]

2. Going to be a wonderful place

Taliban name all-male Afghan cabinet including minister wanted by FBI

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/07/taliban-name-afghanistans-new-government

some excerpts:

The Taliban have also brought back the ministry for promotion of virtue and prevention of vice, a notorious enforcement body that was one of the most hated institutions when they last controlled Afghanistan. Its main function was to police the Taliban’s extreme interpretation of Islamic law.

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“In the future, all matters of governance and life in Afghanistan will be regulated by the laws of the holy Sharia,” he said.

[Eugene]

3. New headline at link: Taliban form all-male Afghan government of old guard members

Taliban form all-male Afghan government of old guard members

By KATHY GANNON
2 hours ago

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban on Tuesday announced an all-male interim government for Afghanistan stacked with veterans of their hard-line rule from the 1990s and the 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition, a move that seems unlikely to win the international support the new leaders desperately need to avoid an economic meltdown.

Appointed to the key post of interior minister was Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is on the FBI’s most-wanted list with a $5 million bounty on his head and is believed to still be holding at least one American hostage. He headed the feared Haqqani network that is blamed for many deadly attacks and kidnappings.

The announcement came hours after Taliban fired their guns into the air to disperse protesters in the capital of Kabul and arrested several journalists, the second time in less than a week that heavy-handed tactics were used to break up a demonstration.

Drawn mostly from Afghanistan’s dominant Pashtun ethnic group, the Cabinet’s lack of representation from other ethnic groups also seems certain to hobble its support from abroad.

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[Javaman]

4. new boss, just like the older boss. nt