Live Afghanistan Live Updates: Taliban Set to Name Supreme Leader The Taliban are likely to name Haibatullah Akhundzada as the country’s top authority as soon as Thursday, moving to establish a government days after the U.S. withdrawal. Talibs saying their afternoon prayers before an MI17 helicopter damaged by departing US forces at the HKIA airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, yesterday. Blue for The New York Times The Taliban are preparing to set out their new Islamic government imminently, naming Haibatullah Akhundzada, a key religious leader, as the country’s supreme authority, according to a Taliban official. The control tower and domestic terminal at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. Tyler Hicks and Tuzlak Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Kabul Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Kabul Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Herat Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Kabul Tyler Hicks/The New York Times Hairatan Tyler Hicks/The New York Times slide 1 slide 2 slide 3 slide 4 slide 5 slide 6

Source: International New York Times September 01, 2021 09:11 UTC