ABC News September 8, 2021

A look at the men leading Taliban's 'caretaker' government in Afghanistan

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The Taliban sent a clear signal with its new caretaker government that it would rule Afghanistan with a hardcore, conservative bent similar to its time in power in the 1990s, elevating some of the group's longtime leaders to top jobs.

The most senior acting ministers included a who's who of men designated by the U.S. and U.N. as terrorists, including several key members of the Haqqani network, a militant group responsible for a number of major, deadly attacks in Afghanistan.

Two are U.S.-designated terrorists with $5 million bounties on their heads, and a couple are former Guantanamo Bay detainees exchanged for Bowe Bergdahl, the U.S. Army soldier captured by the Taliban.

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Despite suggestions the Taliban's new regime would be more inclusive than its last, the Taliban appointed no women to any of the interim positions, and it even disbanded Afghanistan's Ministry of Women's Affairs. It mainly consists of Afghanistan's largest ethnic group, Pashtuns.

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Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid addresses a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 7, 2021.

"This is not like some kind of new, softer, enlightened Taliban," Seth Jones, an expert on Afghanistan at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told ABC News on Tuesday. "They are rewarding the people that got them to where they are today."

Below are some details on key members of the caretaker government:

Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund, acting prime minister

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Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar speaks at a signing ceremony of the US-Taliban agreement in Qatar's capital Doha, Feb. 29, 2020.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, acting deputy prime minister

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Taliban officials arrive at a news conference to announce an acting cabinet for the new Taliban government in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 7, 2021.

Sirajuddin Haqqani, acting interior minister

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Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani delivers his sermon to a large congregation at the Pul-I-Khishti Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 20, 2021.

Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani, acting minister of refugees

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Mullah Abdul Haq Waseeq, director of Afghan intelligence

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Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Sept. 7, 2021.

Noorullah Noori, minister of border and tribal affairs

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Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, defense minister

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Guarded by Taliban militants, hundreds of Afghans are made to sit in the sweltering heat to withdraw money from the banks that are slowly reopening after Taliban took control of the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2021.

Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi, minister of foreign affairs