The Taliban has announced UN-sanctioned Taliban veteran Mohammad Hasan Akhund as the leader of their new government, while giving key positions to some of the movement's top officials. Chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a press conference that Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar will be the deputy leader. Mullah Yaqub, the son of the Taliban founder and late supreme leader Mullah Omar, was named defence minister, while the position of interior ...