The remote Afghan city, the group’s spiritual center, is hosting more regime officials and foreign dignitaries as Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada consolidates power.
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Before Sept. 11, 2001, this remote, sand-swept border city in southwestern Afghanistan was the seat of power of the Taliban, the militant Islamic regime headed by the reclusive Mohammad Omar. Camel caravans came and went; religious decrees were issued and obeyed. Kabul, the capital 300 miles to the north, was a ghost town of near-empty ministries and shuttered embassies.
with other officials in Kabul. The Taliban’s chief spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, and a second information official from northern Afghanistan, Inamullah Samangani, were abruptly relocated here from offices in the capital. Mateen’s comments were echoed by many older men here. But younger males — including his teenage son — confessed that they miss listening to music, which the Taliban has again banned as un-Islamic. “It is frustrating,” the boy said.Akhundzada rarely leaves his high-walled compound, and is even more rarely seen in public.
A turning point in the shift came in March 2022. The regime, strapped for cash after resisting months of foreign pressure, promised to lift its ban on girls attending high school. But on the day they were due to return, theIn November, the Taliban resumed public lashing and stoning for criminals and moral offenders. The group also allowed accusers to carry out public revenge punishments, including executions. All such punishments require final approval by Akhundzada himself.
On a tract of suburban industrial land, factories have begun operating again under exemptions from international financial sanctions on the Taliban. Snow Pharma, a large modern plant with Indian technicians and more than 1,000 Afghan workers, started turning out medicinal pills and capsules several weeks ago.
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