The Taliban waved their flag aboard military vehicles donated by the United States to the deposed government of the Republic of Afghanistan, now called the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan by the insurgent regime. The parade was held in Kandahar, the cradle of the radical Islamist movement, where the participation of Hibatullah Akhundzada, leader of the Taliban movement, who according to senior Taliban sources will be the head of the Afghan cabinet.
Military Parade
A parade of “Humvees”, an American off-road vehicle, went through one of the main streets on the outskirts of Kandahar, the second largest city in Afghanistan. Many of the military cars carried white flags with black Taliban inscriptions attached to the antenna.
Cricket stadium
At the Kandahar cricket stadium, Taliban officials were drinking coffee, others were sitting on the grass as hundreds of supporters filled the stands of the sports field, where the Taliban governor of Kandahar, Haji Wafa, also participated. The armed and camouflage-clad fighters stood in front of the crowd.
“Our common enemy, who had sworn to bring economic prosperity to our country, failed to do so”, underlined Maulvi Saqeb, a recruiter for the Taliban.
New Taliban government
There were rumors that Akhundzada, who lives in Kandahar, was going to appear in front of the sympathizers, although she did not eventually appear. This Wednesday a member of the Taliban culture commission, Anamullah Samangan, claimed that Akhundzada would be the leader of the government. “There should be no doubt about it”he was quoted as saying by the Afghan signal Tolo News.
This week a source from the Taliban military commission reported that The movement concluded consultations to form a new government and that the results will be announced on September 3. Another source told Tolo News that the mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, co-founder of the insurgent movement, will serve as Chancellor, the Mullah Yaqoob, son of the founder of the Taliban, Mullah Omar, will serve as Defense Minister. While the holder of the Ministry of the Interior would be Khalifa Haqqani, son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the extremist faction of the Taliban and wanted by Washington who offers five million dollars for his head.
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