Taliban Co-Founder Mullah Baradar To Lead New Afghan Government

 

Daily Mail: Taliban co-founder 'is set to be announced as leader of new Afghanistan government' as the country announces domestic flights will resume today 

* Mullah Baradar is expected to be named leader of a new Afghan government 

* Baradar, thought to be 53, was a founding member of the Taliban in 1994 

* He fought with and led a Mujahideen unit in the Soviet-Afghan war in the 1980s 

* The announcement will come three weeks after the Taliban took control of Kabul 

* The government will face impending economic collapse and hunger amid a severe drought 

Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will be soon be named leader of a new Afghan government the Islamist group said on Friday. 

Baradar, thought to be aged 53, was one of the founding members of the group which founded the Taliban in 1994 after he fought with and commanded Mujahideen soldiers in Kandahar in the Soviet-Afghan war in the 1980s. 

He will be joined by Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban co-founder Mullah Omar - a close friend of Baradar - and Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, in senior positions in the government, according to an anonymous source in the Islamist group.  

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