Taliban Name 27 New Cabinet Members
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the interim government, said the appointments had been made in compliance with orders from Taliban's top leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, Pajhwok Afghan News reported.
More than two dozen high-level officials, including ministers and deputy ministers, were named.
Maulvi Shahabuddin Delawar has been appointed as acting minister of mines and petroleum and Mullah Mohammad Abbas Akhund as acting minister of disaster management.
Twenty-five others have been appointed as deputy ministers, corps commanders and heads of independent departments, according to a list released by Mujahid.
The Taliban in early September formed the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA)” and had appointed 33 more cabinet ministers that neither have women nor mainstream politicians from previous governments.
In September, the Taliban announced a new list of 17 more ministers in the caretaker Afghanistan Cabinet.
The latest list of 27 new members in the cabinet too excludes any women representation.
Source: freepressjournal.in
