Today, Wednesday, the Taliban movement began consultations with officials and tribal elders and decided to release all political detainees, while leaks indicated that the movement is in the process of forming a governing council under a supreme leader and that it is working to include former soldiers and pilots in its ranks.

The Reuters news agency quoted a prominent member of the Taliban that Afghanistan may be governed by a ruling council, days after the movement took control of the country.

Wahidullah Hashemi, who is close to the Taliban's decision-making body, said the movement's chief, Hebatullah Akhundzada, was likely to remain the supreme leader.

The power structure outlined by Hashemi will be similar to the situation in Afghanistan when the country was under Taliban rule between 1996 and 2001.

The Taliban's supreme leader at the time, Mullah Omar, remained out of the picture, leaving the day-to-day management of the country's affairs to a governing council.

Hashemi said Hebatullah Akhundzadeh will likely play a higher role than the speaker of the assembly, who will be closer to the country's president.

"Perhaps his deputy (Akhundzadeh's deputy) will take the position (president)," he added, in comments made in English.

And the supreme leader of the Taliban has 3 deputies: Mawlawi Yaqub, son of Mullah Omar, Sirajuddin Haqqani, leader of the powerful Haqqani network, and Abdul Ghani Barader, head of the Taliban's political office in Doha and one of the founding members of the movement.


Sharia only

Hashemi made it clear that many of the issues related to how the Taliban will run Afghanistan has not been finalized yet, but he said that Afghanistan will not be subject to a democratic system.

"There will be no democratic system at all because there is no basis for it in our country... We will not discuss what kind of political system we will apply in Afghanistan because it is clear; it is only Sharia," he said.

Hashemi said he would take part in a meeting of the Taliban leadership in the next few days to discuss governance issues.

With regard to the use of soldiers and pilots who fought in the ranks of the ousted Afghan government, Hashemi said that the Taliban intends to form a new national force that includes, in addition to its members, government soldiers who are ready to join it.

"Most of them received training in Turkey, Germany and England, so we will talk to them to return to their positions," he added.

"Of course we will make some changes which will include some reforms in the army but we still need them and we will invite them to join us," he said.

He stressed that the Taliban in particular need pilots because they do not have pilots, and recently seized helicopters and other aircraft in a number of Afghan airports during their lightning attack to control the country after the withdrawal of foreign forces.

He added, "We are in contact with many pilots... We asked them to come and join their brothers and their government. We contacted many of them and are looking for (others) numbers to contact them and invite them to return to their jobs."

He said the Taliban expect neighboring countries to return Afghan planes that landed in their territory, apparently referring to the 22 warplanes, 24 helicopters and hundreds of Afghan soldiers who fled to Uzbekistan at the weekend.


Amnesty

In a related context, the Taliban decided today, Wednesday, to release all political detainees in the various states of the country, and at the same time began consultations with politicians and former officials in order to form a regime to lead Afghanistan in the coming period.

In a statement on Twitter, the movement stated that, "Based on the general amnesty decision issued by the leader of the Islamic Emirate, His Eminence, the Commander of the Faithful, the Sheikh of Hadith Hibatullah Akhundzadeh - may God protect him - it is decided to release political detainees from all prisons of the country."

The statement added, "Therefore, all state governors must - from tomorrow - release all political detainees (old and young) without any restrictions or conditions, and hand them over to their families."

In the context of seeking to form a government that would lead the country, the head of the Taliban’s political office, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, is holding meetings with tribal leaders and religious scholars in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, after he arrived there on Tuesday from Doha, and an official in the movement said that Taliban leaders will not remain behind a wall of secrecy. and disguise, and indicated that they are in dialogue with former government officials to ensure that they feel safe.

Al-Jazeera correspondent in Kabul, Hamidullah Muhammad Shah, reported - quoting sources in Kandahar - that Baradar and other Taliban leaders are discussing with tribal sheikhs the formation of a comprehensive system, they said.

The reporter referred to informal meetings held by the Taliban with former officials in the government of former President Ashraf Ghani.

Reuters news agency quoted a Taliban official as saying that Anas Haqqani, the official in the movement and a prominent leader in the Haqqani network, met former President Hamid Karzai and held talks with him in the context of the Taliban's efforts to form a government.

The official explained that the leaders of the movement will participate in a dialogue with the former government officials to ensure that they feel safe, adding that the world will gradually see all the Taliban leaders and there will be no undercover or secrecy.

He said that any complaints lodged by civilians against any member of the Taliban will be investigated quickly, calling on members of the movement not to celebrate to prove their superiority because victory belongs to Afghanistan, as he put it.