After all the U.S. troops pulled out from Afghanistan, and many countries evacuated refugees, the Taliban announced that Mullah Baradar, the militant group co-founder would head the government. The Taliban have taken complete control of Panjshir province, the last area in Afghanistan being held by resistance forces, the Islamist militant group's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said on September 6. U.N. spokesman …
In the 1980s, the United States backed a coalition of so-called "mujahideen" militants in their fight against Soviet occupation. Known as the "Leader of the Faithful", Islamic legal scholar Haibatullah Akhundzada is the Taliban's supreme leader who holds final authority over the group's political, religious, and military affairs. The Taliban's supreme leader has three deputies: Mawlavi Yaqoob, son of Mullah …