Taliban-run government dissolves Afghan election commissions

ISLAMABAD — The Taliban dissolved Afghanistan’s 2 predetermination commissions arsenic good arsenic the authorities ministries for bid and parliamentarian affairs, an authoritative said Sunday.

Bilal Karimi, lawman spokesperson for Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government, said the country’s Independent Election Commission and Electoral Complaint Commission person been dissolved.

He called them “unnecessary institutes for the existent concern successful Afghanistan.” He said if determination is simply a request for the commissions successful the future, the Taliban authorities tin revive them.

The planetary assemblage is waiting earlier extending ceremonial designation to Afghanistan’s caller rulers. They are wary the Taliban could enforce a likewise harsh authorities arsenic erstwhile they were successful powerfulness 20 years agone — contempt their assurances to the contrary.

Both elections commissions were mandated to administer and supervise each types of elections successful the country, including presidential, parliamentary and provincial assembly elections.

Karimi said the Taliban besides dissolved the Ministry for Peace and the Ministry of Parliamentarian Affairs. He said they were unnecessary ministries successful the government’s existent structure.

The Taliban had antecedently unopen down the erstwhile Women’s Affairs Ministry.