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Taliban announce new government for Afghanistan
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Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid addresses a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 7, 2021. /CMG

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid addresses a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 7, 2021. /CMG

The Taliban have announced an interim government in Afghanistan, declaring the country an "Islamic Emirate".

It will be led by Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhunda as the new leader of the government of Afghanistan. In a statement attributed to Taliban Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada the government will uphold Sharia law. He submitted: "First and foremost, I congratulate our suffering and proud nation on withdrawal of all foreign forces, end of the occupation, and complete liberation of the country."

"As a caretaker and committed cabinet has been announced by the authorities of the Islamic Emirate to control and run the affairs of the country which will start functioning at the earliest, I assure all the countrymen that the figures will work hard towards upholding Islamic rules and Sharia law in the country, protecting the country's highest interests, securing Afghanistan borders and to ensuring lasting peace, prosperity and development God willing," he added.

Additionally Akhundzada said "Our previous  twenty years of struggle and jihad had two major goals. Firstly to end foreign occupation and aggression and to liberate the country, and secondly to establish a complete independent stable and central Islamic system in the country."

"We want to have a peaceful, prosperous and a self reliant Afghanistan , for which we will strive to eliminate all causes of war and strife in the country, and our countrymen to  live in complete security and comfort," he said.

He said that the Islamic Emirate will take serious and effective steps towards protecting human rights , the rights of minorities as well as the rights of the underprivileged  groups within the framework of the sacred religion of Islam.

On education, he submitted that it is one of the most important requirements of the country and that his government will have a duty to provide a healthy and safe environment for religious and modern sciences to all countrymen within the framework of Sharia.

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