8am: According to sources, Mullah Hassan recently visited the French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children (FMIC) hospital for a checkup on Monday, April 4. The sources have reported that after the examination, Mullah Hassan Akhund’s disease was diagnosed as “Congestive Heart Failure”. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Taliban cabinet has appointed Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar as Prime Minister. Baradar will replace Mullah Hassan Akhund. The decision is made during the Taliban’s senior cabinet meeting held in Kandahar. In addition, Sirajuddin Haqqani who currently leads the Ministry of Interior will be the Deputy Prime Minister in addition to his current post. Click
Ayaz Gul VOA News January 19, 2022 The Taliban’s acting prime minister asked the global community Wednesday to grant legitimacy to Afghanistan’s new government, insisting it has met all conditions required for the official recognition. Mohammad Hassan Akhund spoke at a conference in Kabul where his interim administration convened to discuss massive economic upheavals facing
Ariana: The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) cabinet led by Mullah Mohammed Hasan Akhund, the prime minister of the caretaker government, on Monday approved a plan to change the start of the fiscal year from the West’s Gregorian calendar to the Hijri Shamsi, or Persian calendar. Based on the cabinet decision the new fiscal year
Tolo News: The Islamic Emirate Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund’s first public speech was aired on Saturday evening. It was broadcast on public television but with an audio message only. Hassan Akhund covered a range of issues including the Taliban’s fight against the US, the poverty in the country, security issues and Afghanistan’s relations
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 4, 2021 Afghanistan’s interim Taliban government has held its first cabinet meeting since taking power in August, the group’s chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on October 4 in a press release, which also announced that the government would resume issuing passports and ID cards to Afghan citizens. The Taliban unilaterally formed
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 21, 2021 The acting head of Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government, Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund, has met in Kabul with representatives from Russia, China, and Pakistan, Taliban official Ahmadullah Muttaqi tweeted on September 21. Muttaqi also uploaded photos purportedly showing Russian envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov, Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq Khan,
By Frud Bezhan Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty September 7, 2021 The Taliban has formed a new, theocratic government in Afghanistan, weeks after the August 15 collapse of the internationally recognized administration in Kabul and within days of international troops’ departure. Taliban leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, a hard-line cleric and former chief justice, has been named supreme
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi September 7, 2021 The Taliban has named its reclusive leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada as a supreme leader and a founding leader, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, to lead a new Afghan regime as the radical fundamentalist group seeks to establish its rule after the UN-backed government collapsed in mid-August. The announcement by Taliban