Taliban will form advice from 12 people to manage Afghanistan, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the influential American edition of Foreign Policy. In turn, FP distributed information with reference to its trust sources in Afghanistan.
The publication notes that the Council will include the head of the political office of the Talibov Mulla Abdul Gani Baradar, Mullah Mohammed Yakub, the son of the founder of Mullah Muhammed Omar, as well as a high-ranking member of the Hakkani Network Khalil Al-Rahman Hakkani.
Source close to Baradar and Yakuba, stated in a conversation with FP that they would like to include in the Council of Ahmad Masuda, the son of Ahmad Shah Masuda – the leader of the Northern Alliance killed by Taliban 20 years ago. However, the publication considers the inclusion in the Massud Council, which headed the resistance of the Taliban in Panjsheter, unlikely.
According to the sources of the journal, the ministries management will be proposed to some members of the Last Administration.