Mullah Baradar to lead new Afghanistan government — Taliban sources

Leader of the Taliban negotiating team Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar looks on the final declaration of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar on July 18, 2021. (File/AFP)
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Updated 03 September 2021
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Mullah Baradar to lead new Afghanistan government — Taliban sources

Mullah Baradar, the head of the Taliban’s political office, will lead the new government in Afghanistan, at least three sources in the Islamist group said on Friday.

Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban founder Mullah Omar, and Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai will take senior positions in the government, the sources said.


Zelensky says he feels ‘little bit’ of pressure from Trump

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Zelensky says he feels ‘little bit’ of pressure from Trump

  • US leader Donald Trump called for him ‌to get moving ‌on peace ‌talks
KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday he was feeling “a little bit” of pressure after US leader Donald Trump called for him ‌to get moving ‌on peace ‌talks, ⁠but he said ⁠it was important also to see compromises from Russia.
“Give us two months of ⁠ceasefire and we ‌will ‌go to elections,” Zelensky ‌said in a ‌panel discussion at the Munich Security Conference, responding to US calls ‌for a prompt vote.
“Give us a ⁠ceasefire. ⁠President Trump can do it: push Putin; make a ceasefire. Then our parliament will change the law and we will go to elections.”