The head of the political office of the Taliban, Mullah Baad Al-Ghani Baradar, said that the movement is in the process of forming an inclusive government that represents all parties of the Afghan people, amid expectations that its formation will be announced on Saturday.
Barader added - in a statement to Al Jazeera - that the establishment of security is necessary to start major economic projects in Afghanistan.
He pointed out that the government will be responsible to everyone, and will provide security for economic development, not in Afghanistan but in the whole world.
In this context, Muhammad Abbas Stanikzai, deputy head of the movement's political bureau, told the BBC's Pashtun radio station on Wednesday that women would be able to continue working, but "may not have a place" in the future government or in other high positions.
This possibility prompted Afghan women activists to take to the streets, and about 50 women participated in a demonstration - a rare one - to demand the right to work, and to protest the absence of women from government institutions in Herat, a large city in western Afghanistan near the Iranian border.
Basera Taheri, one of the protest organizations, told AFP that she wants the Taliban to include women in the new government. "We want the Taliban to hold consultations with us," she said. "We don't see women in their gatherings and meetings."
Movement leaders
And Reuters news agency - earlier today, Friday - quoted sources in the Taliban movement as saying that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will head the next Afghan government.
The sources added that Mullah Muhammad Yaqoub - the son of the movement's founder, Mullah Muhammad Omar - will be assigned a high position in the government, along with Muhammad Abbas Stanikzai, one of the movement's most prominent leaders.
Another Taliban official stated that Hebatullah Akhundzadeh would focus on religious matters and governance within the framework of Islamic law.
A Taliban spokesman explained to AFP that the new government is not scheduled to be announced on Friday, noting that no development in this regard should be expected before Saturday.
A few days ago, a Taliban source told Al Jazeera that the new Afghan government would be announced within days, and would not include officials from the previous government.
The source confirmed that members of the previous government will not participate in the new government, which he said will enjoy support from home and abroad.