Taliban’s Leader Appoints New Commander For His Special Forces

On Monday, Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson of the Taliban, announced that Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the group, has appointed Abdul Ahad Talib as the commander of his special forces.

Talib had previously been the governor of the Taliban in Helmand province. He was also a key Taliban commander during the group’s raid on Panjshir province.

In a statement published by Mujahid on social media platform X, it has been stated that Abdul Rahman Kunduzi has been appointed as the new governor of Helmand province.

It was previously reported that the Taliban’s leader formed a military force of 40,000 people in Kandahar.

In March, Rahmatullah Nabil, the former head of Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS), said that approximately 60 billion Afghanis were spent from the Ministry of Finance's budget over the past year to support Hibatullah Akhundzada's specialised military forces.