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Snapshot It remains to be seen how Taliban reacts to charges of being under "foreign influence" when it held foreign influence as its major justification for violence for the last 20 years. After the Taliban took over Kabul on 15 August, it was understood that the group would re-establish Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. A senior Taliban leader yesterday announced that Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund will be the Raees-e-Jamhoor, or raees-ul-wazara or the new head state of Afghanistan while Mullah Baradar Akhund and Mullah Abdus Salam will work as his deputies. Hasan is presently head of the Taliban's powerful decision-making body...
