Taliban Start Appointing Men To Various Government Positions
Only last week, the terror group Taliban had entered the Kabul presidential palace just hours after Ashraf Ghani the President had fled the Afghan capital. Immediately there was announcement of the end of the war and also a general amnesty to everyone.
However, it seems those announcements were worthless and the Terror Chiefs themselves had no means to control they mayhem unleashed by them. Kabul is now witnessing heavy chaos and bloodshed as a large number of people are approaching the Hamid Karzai International Airport in a bid to flee the country.
Last week at a huge gathering in Kabul, the Taliban Spokesman had uttered that their 20 years of struggle should not go in vain and religious scholars should take the lead and be the core of the upcoming government in Afghanistan. Now more than a week week after the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, a number of low key figures have been appointed to senior security and intelligence positions by the terrorist Lords.
According to a news report, a few names of senior officials which have been made public by both Middle East media and local media are Abdul Qayyum, known as “Zakir” and Najibullah. They are arguably the most notable of those appointed to senior positions by the Taliban.
Zakir a former senior commander of the Taliban, has been appointed The Acting Defence Minister. He was a former Guantanamo detainee and is seen as an ally of the leaders of the Haqqani network, a Taliban sub-set, which has close ties with foreign jihadist outfits. Zakir has deep connections with Pakistan’s ISI, which is believed to have arranged for his quick release from custody after being arrested in 2010 in Pakistan’s Baluchistan.
Another unknown appointee is a Taliban commander “Najibullah”, head of Afghanistan’s intelligence agency. No other information about him was provided in the statement.
Apart from Zakir and Najibullah, other appointees too are largely unknown figures to Western observers. Meanwhile, the Taliban have said that religious scholars will lead the upcoming government in Afghanistan.
The terror group had invited tens of religious scholars in a grand gathering to ask their cooperation in forging a sound political system and inviting people to support the future government, Khaama Press reported.
