Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar

Wang Yi Meets with Acting Deputy Prime Minister of Afghan Taliban’s Interim Government Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar

Local media reports new government to have council headed by 53-year-old Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.

Discussions likely involved extension in Aug. 31 deadline for US withdrawal from Afghanistan, says The Washington Post.

While the decision-making body of the Taliban, which is under close international scrutiny, is a 26-member leadership council, six people stand out in the group’s administration.

Both sides discuss major topics, including peaceful transfer of power.

Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani (R) meets with Head of the Taliban’s Political Bureau in Qatar Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (L) in Doha, Qatar on August 17, 2021.

Beijing willing to continue to ‘develop cooperation, play constructive role for peace, reconstruction in Afghanistan’.

Success came surprisingly soon and easily, says head of group’s political bureau in Qatar