Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund

Mohammad Hasan Akhund has been announced as the leader of the new acting government in Afghanistan on September 7, 2021 [File: Saeed Khan/AFP]
World+Biz

Taliban ‘acting’ govt chief: Who is Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund?

Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund is presently head of the Taliban's powerful decision-making body, Rehbari Shura

If the presumptive head of the new government, Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar, is barred from using Facebook, the Afghan people may pay the price. Photo: Reuters
South Asia

Taliban announce new govt with Mullah Hassan Akhund as acting head