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At that time, the Taliban chief, Hibatullah Akhundzada, instructed them to adhere to Sharia law.
Hailing from the Taliban birthplace of Kandahar, MH Akhund was the governor of this important province during the previous leadership of the movement in the last decade of the last century.
He was a close associate of one of the founders of the Taliban, Mullah Omar, served as deputy foreign minister and is blacklisted by the UN.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahide told a press conference in Kabul that one of the founders of the Islamist movement, Mula Abdul Ghani Baradar, would become one of the two deputy heads of government.
Abdul Salam Hanafi, a member of the Taliban political bureau in Doha, Qatar, has been appointed second deputy.
Mula Yaqoob, son of Mullah Omar, founder of the Taliban and the late top leader, has been appointed Defense Minister, and Sirajuddin Haqqani, leader of the Haqqani network, considered one of the most militant groups of the Taliban, has also become in the Leader of the Taliban.
The US Department of State’s Remuneration for Justice program offers a multi-million dollar reward for information leading to Haqqani’s arrest.
Amir Khan Agaqi, a Taliban negotiator in Doha and a member of the cabinet of the first regime, was appointed foreign minister.
“The cabinet is not finished, it is only temporary,” Mujahide told the government media and information center in Kabul.
“We will try to accept people from other parts of the country,” he added.
The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan three weeks ago, but did not announce the composition of the government until the US-led evacuation was completed.
The Taliban have promised an “inclusive” government that reflects Afghanistan’s complex ethnic makeup, although women are unlikely to occupy the highest positions.
Moving from a rebel group to a ruling power, the Taliban will have to grapple with a number of major problems, including the financial and humanitarian crises facing Afghanistan.
The Taliban called their government the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.”
At the time, the Taliban chief leader announced his first message on Tuesday since the Islamist movement came to power and ordered the newly appointed government to adhere to Sharia law.
“I assure all the villagers that these figures will work hard to ensure that Islamic rules and Sharia law are observed in the country,” Akhundzada said in a statement in English.
Akhundzada has led the Taliban since May 2016. Born in Kandahar, he received his religious education in Pakistan and participated in a guerrilla war against Soviet forces sent to Afghanistan in the 1990s. Akhundzada, never seen in public, he is an important spiritual leader of the Taliban and has repeatedly been a referee in religious matters.
