Hasan Akhund
Hasan Akhund | |
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| 1st Prime Minister of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan | |
| Assumed office September 7, 2021 | |
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Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund (ملا محمد حسن اخوند) is the current acting Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan since 7 September 2021.[1][2] Before his appointment, the Kandahar-born Mullah Akhund was first the foreign minister and then deputy prime minister during the Taliban's 1996–2001 rule and is the longtime head of the group's powerful decision-making body Rehbari Shura (leadership council). Mullah Akhund has Pashtun lineage from Ahmad Shah Durrani. He is the author of several works on Islam and is on a United Nations sanctions list.[3]
References
- ^ "گروه طالبان حکومت جدید خود را با رهبری ملا حسن اخوند اعلام کرد". BBC News فارسی.
- ^ "Taliban announce new government for Afghanistan". BBC News. September 7, 2021.
- ^ "Profile: Mohammad Hasan Akhund, the head of Taliban government". Al Jazeera. September 7, 2021.
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