Four days after deposing the previous administration in a 10-day lightning sweep, the Taliban declared the formation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan on Thursday.
In a tweet, Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid stated that the organisation has chosen to create the Islamic Emirate on the 102nd anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence from British control.
Following the Taliban’s takeover, Afghanistan may be ruled by a ruling council, with the movement’s top commander, Haibatullah Akhundzada, likely remaining in overall command, according to a senior Taliban member who spoke to Reuters previously.
In an interview, Waheedullah Hashimi, who has access to the Taliban’s decision-making, indicated that the organisation will also reach out to former Afghan military pilots and soldiers to join its ranks.
“Perhaps his (Akhundzada’s) deputy will serve as president,” Hashimi said in English.
Mawlavi Yaqoob, son of Mullah Omar, Sirajuddin Haqqani, commander of the formidable terrorist Haqqani network, and Abdul Ghani Baradar, who runs the Taliban’s political office in Doha and is one of the group’s founding members, are the Taliban’s three deputies.
Many details on how the Taliban will govern Afghanistan have yet to be worked out, according to Hashimi, but Afghanistan would not be a democracy.
“There will be no democratic system at all,” he added, “since it has no foundation in our nation.” “We will not debate whether sort of political system should be implemented in Afghanistan since the answer is obvious. It is sharia law, and that is all there is to it.”
Hashimi said he will attend a meeting of the Taliban leadership later this week to discuss governance concerns.
