Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will lead the new government in Afghanistan, sources within the movement have said, as the Islamist militant group works to finalize its leadership team after sweeping to victory in a 20-year war
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's deputy leader and negotiator, and other delegation members attend the Afghan peace conference in Moscow, Russia March 18, 2021. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERSthe new government in Afghanistan, sources within the movement have said, as the Islamist militant group works to finalise its leadership team after sweeping to victory in a 20-year war.
He has been identified by the United Nations as the former chief of the hardline justice system imposed by the Taliban when it ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001. Classmates said he liked to go on weekend hikes and swimming in the Ganges river, and showed little inclination for Islamist radicalism.
After graduating, Stanikzai fought in the Soviet-Afghan war and served as the Taliban's deputy foreign minister. A fluent English speaker, Stanikzai helped set up the Doha political office, and has been one of the group's key emissaries to foreign diplomats and media.Son of the Taliban's co-founder Mullah Omar, Yaqoob had originally sought to succeed his father in 2015.
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