Afghanistan News Live: Taliban allow Afghans to stage peaceful protest after permission from authorities

Afghanistan news live updates September 8: Within hours of declaring victory over resistance forces in Panjshir, the Taliban announced the formation of a new Afghanistan government headed by Mullah Hasan Akhund. This will be an "acting" government and not a permanent one, a Taliban spokesperson said weeks after the Islamic militant group swept to victory in Afghanistan. "In the future, all matters of governance and life in Afghanistan will be regulated by the laws of the Holy Sharia," Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada said in a statement. Meanwhile, world powers have told the Taliban that the key to peace and development is an inclusive government that would back up its pledges of a more conciliatory approach, upholding human rights, after a previous 1996-2001 period in power marked by bloody vendettas and oppression of women. Follow Indiatoday.in for LIVE updates.

The Taliban announced on Tuesday a 33-member team for an interim government that will be headed Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, one of the movement's founding members who had also been foreign minister and then deputy prime minister in the group's previous 1996-2001 regime. Stay with TOI for all updates

The government announced by the Taliban in Afghanistan is "anything but inclusive" and the Afghan people will not accept a governing structure that excludes women and minorities, the country's envoy to the UN has said, calling on the world organisation to reject the reinstatement of the Islamic Emirate. The Taliban on Tuesday unveiled a hardline interim government led by Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, with key roles being shared by high-profile members of the insurgent group, including a specially designated global terrorist of the dreaded Haqqani Network as the interior minister.

he Taliban on Tuesday announced a 33-member team for an interim government that would be headed by Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, a founding member of the movement who had also been foreign minister and deputy prime minister in the outfit's previous 1996-2001 regime in Afghanistan. Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar whose negotiations with the US finally led to the latter's pullout last month will be his deputy. Read more

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