Sirajuddin Haqqani

Mullah Hasan Akhund is shown wearing a white head wrap and standing across from Nawaz Sharif who is wearing a gray vest and blue shirt.

Taliban names all-male 33-member interim government in Afghanistan

September 8, 2021Top of The World

Top of The World: The Taliban has announced a 33-member interim government for Afghanistan, weeks after taking control of the country. And, the trial of 20 men accused in the 2015 ISIS attacks in Paris has started in a courtroom in the French capital. Also, Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled criminal penalties for terminating pregnancies as unconstitutional.

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