AMN / WEB DESK
In Afghanistan, the Taliban regime has appointed Mawlawi Abdul Kabir as the caretaker prime minister and interim head of the cabinet. The decision was taken by the supreme leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Haibitullah Akhund, owing to the ill health of Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the acting head of the Taliban regime.
Mohammad Hassan had reportedly suffered a heart attack in early April and is unable to recover and resume his responsibilities since then. Mullah Hassan Akhund and Mawlawi Kabir had both served as members of the Supreme Council as deputies to the Taliban’s prime minister late Mullah Rabbani between 1996 and 2001.
Mawlawi Kabir is one of the senior members of the Taliban who has played a significant role in the group’ negotiations with the US in Qatar, which resulted in the signing of the Doha Agreement between the US and the Taliban.
After the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, Mawlawi Kabir was initially appointed as the assistant to the economic deputy of Mullah Hasan and later as the political deputy of the Taliban Prime Minister, Khaama Press reported.