(Reuters) – The Taliban announced Afghanistan’s new government on Tuesday, naming Mullah Hasan Akhund, a close associate of the movement’s late founder Mullah Omar, as acting prime minister.
The Taliban’s main spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said all those named were holding their positions in an ‘acting’ capacity. Herewith the full list published by the Islamist movement:-
Prime Minister – Mullah Mohammed Hasan Akhund
1st Deputy Prime Minister – Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar
2nd Deputy Prime Minister – Mawlavi Abdul Salam Hanafi
Foreign Minister – Mawlavi Amir Khan Muttaqi
Defence Minister – Mawlavi Mohammed Yaqoob
Interior Minister – Mullah Sirajuddin Haqqani
Justice Minister – Mawlavi Abdul Hakim Sharie
Borders and Tribal Affairs Minister – Mullah Noorullah Noor
Head of Intelligence – Mullah Abdul Haq Wasiq
Finance Minister – Mullah Hedayatullah Badri
Economy Minister – Qari Din Mohammed Hanif
Central Bank Governor – Haji Mohammed Idris
Energy & Water Minister – Mullah Abdul Latif Mansoor
Rural Rehabilitation Minister – Mullah Younus Akhundzada
Public Works Minister – Mullah Abdul Manan Omari
Mines and Petroleum – Mullah Mohammed Esa Akhund
Culture & Information Minister – Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwah
Deputy Culture and Information Minister – Zabihullah Mujahid
Communications Minister – Mawlavi Najibullah Haqqani
Higher Education Minister – Abdul Baqi Haqqani
Refugee & Repatriation Minister – Haji Khalil ur Rahman Haqqani
(Editing by Jon Boyle)
