Taliban Makes It Official

As Afghanistan nears the fourth anniversary of the Taliban takeover, Akhundzada, ruling largely from Kandahar, ordered ministers to drop the caretaker tag.reports Asian Lite News The Talibans reclusive supreme leader, Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, has directed ministers in Afghanistan to remove the word acting or caretaker from their titles, signalling what experts say is a move toward formalising the groups administration as a permanent government. The Taliban took power in August 2021 following the collapse of the Western-backed Afghan government. Within weeks, they announced a caretaker administration composed almost entirely of senior Taliban figures, with no women or representatives from ethnic