Sources: Mullah Baradar will be the leader of the new Taliban government

According to some sources, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is set to head the new Taliban government in Afghanistan.

The sources said that Mullah Yaqub, the son of Mullah Omar and Shir Mohammad Stanekzai, will also be included in the next government, and that Mullah Yaqub will most likely take over the Ministry of Defense.

The composition of the Taliban cabinet is expected to be announced today.

Meanwhile, Shir Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai said on Wednesday that a new government would be announced in three days.

Abbas Stanekzai, the deputy head of the Taliban’s political office in Qatar, told the BBC that Taliban representatives had spoken with former President Hamid Karzai, Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the Supreme National Reconciliation Council, and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the Islamic Party of Afghanistan.

Emphasizing that these individuals will not be included in the government, Stanekzai said that the future government would be Afghan.

Regarding the role of women, she said that they would play a role in the new Taliban government and could return to work after the government was formed.