According to a report issued by the American Institute for the Study of War “ISW”, although the “Taliban” issued a number of public statements claiming to maintain stability in Kabul, it appears that it has decided to change its course and take large-scale reprisals.
The report notes that the “extremist” movement is trying to consolidate its control over the country by replacing many of the civil servants trained by the United States with its members.
And in late November, the newly appointed Minister of Justice, Abdel Hakim Sharia, revealed changes to the structure of the country’s legal system.
The provisions of this law came to restructure the process of entering the legal profession, as the law stripped the Afghan Independent Bar Association (ABIA), of its authority.
The Afghan Bar Association was responsible for granting licenses to Afghan lawyers, and instead the Taliban-controlled Ministry of Justice became responsible for granting these licenses to practice the profession.
The decree indicated that “they (government officials) should not have worked in the administration of former Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, and instead participated in the jihad against the Afghan government and US forces.”
The decree has already taken effect in several provinces, as provincial officials in Takhar and Kunduz have dismissed employees and replaced them with former members (fighters) of the Taliban, many of whom received a hard-line education.
The report speculated that the loss of current civil servants, particularly in areas requiring specialized training, could undermine the new government’s ability to deliver public services.
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