Qatar’s foreign minister visits premier of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

CAIRO (Reuters) -Qatar's foreign minister held talks with the prime minister of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan on Sunday, in the highest-level foreign visit to Kabul since the militant group seized the capital…

Mohammad Hasan Akhund: Veteran Taliban leader becomes acting Afghan PM

By Alasdair Pal (Reuters) - Mohammad Hasan Akhund, the senior Taliban leader appointed as acting Afghan prime minister, is an experienced former cabinet minister with the ear of the movement's…

Factbox: Taliban announces makeup of new Afghan government

(Reuters) - The Taliban announced Afghanistan's new government on Tuesday, naming Mullah Hasan Akhund, a close associate of the movement's late founder Mullah Omar, as acting prime minister. The Taliban's…