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Taliban cabinet expansion includes some minorities, skips women

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Kabul, Sep 21 (EFE/EPA).- The Taliban on Tuesday announced the remain members of its interim government in Afghanistan, appointing around 20 new ministers and deputy ministers, some of them from different ethnic minority communities, but without including any woman.“Most of the appointments are done on the basis of professionalism and merit and it will further strengthen the human resources of the Islamic Emirate,” Taliban's main spokesperson and deputy communications minister Zabihullah Mujahid said in a press conference. (Camera: STRINGER).B-ROLL OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE IN WHICH THE TALIBAN GOVERNMENT PRESENTS NEW MINISTERS AND DEPUTY MINISTERS, IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.

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