Hassan Akhund to lead new Taliban govt, Mullah Baradar to be his deputy

The Taliban announced a new government filled with senior officials from the militant group, including the leader of a U.S.-designated terrorist organization. 
 

Mullah Mohammad Hassan, the little-known head of the Taliban’s leadership council, was named as acting prime minister, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed said at a press conference in Kabul on Tuesday. Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the main public face of the group, will serve as his deputy. 

Sirajuddin Haqqani -- the leader of the Haqqani Network, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization -- will serve as acting interior minister. That may complicate any moves by the U.S. to cooperate with