New Delhi, Sep 3 (TIWN) Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will lead a new Afghan government set to be announced shortly, sources in the Islamist group said on Friday.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will lead a new Afghan government set to be announced shortly, sources in the Islamist group said on Friday.

The Taliban are battling rebel fighters in the Panjshir Valley and are striving to ward off economic collapse, Tolo News reported.

Baradar, who heads the Taliban’s political office, will be joined by Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban co-founder Mullah Omar, and Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai in senior positions, three sources said, the report added.