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Taliban have said that there only Sharia Law will be in place in Afghanistan and that there will be no democracy in the country.

It means the country will likely be goverened by a council and leader Haibatullah Akhundzada may remain overall in charge.

Waheedullah Hashimi who has access to the decison making process about type of governance said in an interview  “We will not discuss what type of political system should we apply in Afghanistan because it is clear. It is Sharia law and that is it.”

He said, “There will be no democratic system at all because it does not have any base in our country.”

Taliban will be discussing issues of governance later this week.

How will the new regime be structured?

The new rule in Afghanistan will mirror the previous structure, when the group was incharge of the country from 1996-2001.

“Maybe his [Mr. Akhundzada’s] deputy will play the role of President,” Mr. Hashimi said, speaking in English.

The Taliban’s supreme leader has three deputies: Mawlavi Yaqoob, son of Mullah Omar, Sirajuddin Haqqani, leader of the powerful militant Haqqani network, and Abdul Ghani Baradar, who heads the political office in Doha and is one of the founding members of the group.

A new national force.

The Taliban would also reach out to former pilots and soldiers from the Afghan armed forces to join its ranks, Mr. Hashimi said.

“Most of them have got training in Turkey and Germany and England. So we will talk to them to get back to their positions,” he said.  “Of course we will have some changes, to have some reforms in the army, but still we need them and will call them to join us.”