Headline Roundup • September 7th, 2021
Taliban Announces New Government in Afghanistan
Summary from the AllSides News Team
The Taliban announced the formation of a new acting government in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The government is all-male and includes several veteran Taliban leaders from the 1990’s government. Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, who served as deputy prime minister in the previous government, was named acting prime minister. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a Taliban co-founder who led negotiations with the U.S. and other countries, was named acting deputy prime minister. The announcement came as hundreds in Kabul protested to resist the Taliban and maintain the gains made in women’s rights under the previous government.
Coverage was more prominent in left- and center-rated outlets on Tuesday evening. Some center- and left-rated outlets highlighted that the Taliban government was all-male. Some coverage in right-rated outlets called several Taliban government appointees “terrorists.”
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The Taliban announced the members of its interim government Tuesday for the newly-formed “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” one week after the U.S. completed its military withdrawal from the country.
The head of the government will be Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, who currently leads the militant group’s Leadership Council. Akhund previously served as foreign minister and deputy prime minister in the Taliban government from 1996 to 2001.
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Four days before the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks that triggered the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the Taliban declared the restoration of their Islamic Emirate and named a new government, excluding other political forces and giving control of internal security to a U.S.-designated terrorist.
Afghanistan’s new administration, formed three weeks after the Taliban conquered Kabul and deposed the Afghan republic, prompting a massive exodus of foreigners and Afghans at risk, included no women or members of the Shiite minority. Its makeup, unveiled at a hastily called nighttime press conference, belied the...
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The Taliban has appointed Mohammad Hasan Akhund, a close aide to the group’s late founder Mullah Omar, as head of Afghanistan’s new caretaker government, weeks after it took control of the country in a rapid offensive.
The list of cabinet members announced by chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Tuesday was dominated by members of the group’s old guard, with no women included.
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