Taliban’s Prime Minister Returns to Kabul After Absence of Two Months
After around two months of absence from office, the Taliban’s Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund returned to office in Kabul.
After around two months of absence from office, the Taliban’s Prime Minister Mullah Hasan Akhund returned to office in Kabul.
Taliban deputy spokesperson Bilal Karimi said that Mullah Hasan Akhund returned to work on Monday after "treatment and rest in Kandahar”.
According to Karimi, the Taliban’s Prime Minister returned to office on the orders of Mullah Hibatullah Akhunzada, the group’s leader.
Karimi added that before returning to Kabul, the Taliban’s Prime Minister met Akhundzada in Kandahar and the Taliban leader "ordered" him to return to Kabul to manage the government’s affairs.
The Taliban also released a video clip, which shows Mullah Hasan Akhund at the Kabul airport being received by the Taliban officials.
Earlier, it had been reported that Mohammad Hassan Akhund was called to Kandahar due to "old age" and "illness".
The head of the Taliban cabinet was not present in the meetings of the Taliban over the last two months, and some considered it to be the result of the escalation of differences between the leaders of the Taliban.
Mohammad Hasn Akhund is one of the highly conservative leaders of the group and stands against the right to education and work of Afghan women and girls.
During the past two months and in his absence, the Taliban leader had appointed Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, the deputy prime minister of the group as the acting prime minister.
