Afghanistan’s new Taliban govt includes hardliners with no women

Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund during his Pakistan visit in 1999. He was the foreign minister of Afghanistan then. (File Photo/Reuters)

KABUL: After the fall of the Republic of Afghanistan, the Taliban on Tuesday formed the interim “Islamic Emirate”, appointing hardliners in its new government who oversaw the 20-year fight against the US-led military coalition.