New Delhi: Weeks after gaining control of Afghanistan, the Taliban are expected to announce a newly formed government on Friday, which is likely to be headed by the insurgent group’s top spiritual leader, Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada.
The formation of a new government on the lines of Iran is likely to be announced after Friday prayers. According to sources in ABP News, Taliban’s top religious leader Mullah Sheikh Haibatullah Akhundzada will be made the supreme leader of Afghanistan.
This leadership is similar to that of Iran where the supreme leader is the country’s highest political and religious authority. The 60-year-old religious leader will hold the post above the president and will be in charge of important appointments, including heads of the military, government and the judicial system. The decision of the Supreme Leader is final in the political, religious and military matters of the country.
What are the signs of engagement?
According to AFP, signs of engagement efforts could be seen after the resumption of humanitarian flights in parts of the country connecting Pakistani capital Islamabad with Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan and Kandahar in the south.
The new political establishment by the Taliban will be monitored by its pledge to rule Afghanistan with greater tolerance by the international fraternity, especially on women’s rights.
According to a tweet by a Taliban spokesman, China’s foreign ministry promised to keep its embassy in Afghanistan open and “serious” ties and humanitarian aid.
The Taliban has already appointed governors, police chiefs and police commanders for provinces and districts. The name, national flag and national anthem of the new administration system are yet to be decided.
The new leaders have promised to be more accommodating than in his first term, where he ruled between 1996 and 2001, when he came to power after years of conflict, first the Soviet invasion of 1979, and then a bloody civil war.
Since the withdrawal of US troops, women in Afghanistan have taken out a procession outside a provincial office to raise their voices for the right to work. About 50 women in the western city of Herat took to the streets on Thursday to protest the right to work and the lack of women’s participation in the new government.
However, according to the news agency, women are unlikely to join the new government.
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