The Taliban announced a new government for Afghanistan on Tuesday, with Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund to be the country’s interim prime minister and co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar as the second-in-command. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the development at a press conference on Tuesday, also saying that Abdul Ghani Baradar will be the deputy leader and Sirajuddin Haqqani, a member of the Haqqani network that has long been designated as a terrorist organization by the Department of State, is the country’s interior minister. And Mullah Yaqoob, will be the defense minister, the spokesman added. There was no evidence that non-Taliban figures or women were named to any government positions by Mujahid on Tuesday. The Taliban has said that it would form an “inclusive” government that would allow women’s freedoms “within Islamic law.” “We know the people of our country have been waiting for a new government,” Mujahid said. The cabinet, he added, was an …