Key figures in new Taliban government
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Prime Minister
Mullah Hassan Akhund
Close aide to Taliban’s late founder Mullah Omar. Head of group’s powerful leadership council, is on UN sanctions list
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Deputy Prime Minister
Mullah Abdul
Ghani Baradar
Taliban co-founder, in custody in Pakistan from 2010-18. Head of group’s political office in Doha, Qatar. Oversaw U.S. withdrawal deal last year
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Deputy Prime Minister
Maulavi Abdul Salam Hanafi Deputy education minister when Taliban were last in power. Former member of group’s negotiation team in Qatar
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Interior Minister
Sirajuddin Haqqani
Head of feared Haqqani Network and one of FBI’s most wanted men, believed to still be holding at least one American hostage

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Foreign Minister
Maulvi Amir Khan Muttaqi Former minister of culture and information during previous Taliban government and also member of group’s negotiation team in Doha
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Supreme Leader
Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada
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Defence Minister
Mullah Mohammed Yaqoob Mujahid

Finance Minister
Mullah Hidayat Badri

Justice Minister
Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai

Information Minister
Khairullah Said Wali Khairkhwah

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