Factbox: Taliban announces makeup of new Afghan government


FILE PHOTO: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's deputy leader and negotiator, and other delegation members attend the Afghan peace conference in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS

(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:-

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