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Newshour: 01/09/2021 20:06 GMT: Taliban say government formation is in final stages

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01/09/2021 20:06 GMT

01/09/2021 20:06 GMT: Taliban say government formation is in final stages

Taliban say government formation is in final stages

BBC World Service - Newshour, Taliban say government formation is in final stages

A senior Taliban official says there will not be top positions for women

A senior Taliban official says there will not be top positions for women in Afghanistan's new government.

The Taliban say they will announce a new government for Afghanistan in the next few days. A senior Taliban official, Shir Mohammad Abas Stanakzai, told the BBC the administration would be inclusive but there would not be top positions for women.

Also in the programme: The double challenge of Hurricane Ida and rising Covid cases facing hospitals in the US state of Louisiana; and after 16 years in power, what does Angela Merkel mean to Germans?

(Image: Taliban forces rally to celebrate the withdrawal of US forces in Kandahar. Credit: Epa/Stringer)

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