Tag Archives: Zabihullah Mujahid

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The Taliban said on Tuesday that Mullah Hassan Akhund was appointed as the prime minister of Afghanistan’s caretaker government. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a press conference that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Abdul Salam Hanafi were named as the acting deputy prime ministers, while Mullah Mohammad …

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Monday that a new Afghan government will be announced in the next few days, after confirming that the group has taken over Panjshir, the only province that had remained out of Taliban’s control. Afghanistan might form a caretaker government as the …

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The Taliban armed forces have seized eastern Panjshir province following heavy fightings on Monday, gaining control over the last province of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed. “Our latest efforts to bring peace to the entire country succeeded as the Panjshir province is completely conquered …

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The Taliban deployed special forces at the Kabul airport on Tuesday hours after the last batch of U.S. troops left Afghanistan. The Badri Special Forces have been deployed at the Kabul airport. “Security and safety is ensured at the airport,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told reporters at …

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The Taliban welcomed the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan shortly after the U.S. Central Command announced that the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Asian country has completed, a Taliban spokesman said early Tuesday. The last U.S. soldiers were evacuated from Kabul airport at mid-night on Monday, Taliban …

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The United States should withdraw all troops and contractors before Aug. 31 deadline from Afghanistan and no extension for the ongoing evacuation process would be possible, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Tuesday. “There will be no extension for the ongoing evacuation,” Mujahid told reporters at a …

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | Resistance against the Taliban has been continuing in Panjshir’s neighboring Andarab area of the northern Baghan province while Taliban is trying to form a government in the war-torn Afghanistan. In the latest development, Taliban forces have captured Andarab’s Banu, Deh Salah and Pul-e-Hisar districts of the northern …

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | The Taliban did not want to have any internal or external enemies, and intended to form an inclusive government in Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman said on Tuesday. At its first press conference since the Taliban’s takeover of most parts of Afghanistan on Sunday, the group’s spokesman Zabihullah …

Kabul, Afghanistan | Xinhua | Normality has returned to Kabul, capital of Afghanistan as the Taliban on Tuesday urged the government employees to return to work, two days after the group took control of the capital. Declaring a general amnesty, the Taliban urged all to start routine life with confidence. It also …