Africa Business Radio

The Taliban was expected to form a government as early as Friday as it faces domestic and international pressure to rule Afghanistan with greater tolerance, especially on women’s rights.Two Taliban sources told the AFP news agency that the announcement of a new administration could be made after Friday afternoon prayers as the group shift gears to governing the country while also trying to deflect an armed challenge from rebels in the Panjshir Valley region.The United Nations says it had restarted humanitarian flights to parts of the country, linking the Pakistani capital Islamabad with Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan and Kandahar in the south.