Taliban imposes ban on all political parties

The Taliban has imposed one more ban in Afghanistan, this time on political parties. As per Sha­ikh Maulavi Abdul Hak­eem Sharae, Interim Minister for Justice, now, there is a complete ban on activities of political parties in Afghanistan.

On Wednesday, while presenting the ann­ual report of his ministry in Kabul, Interim Minister for Justice, Sha­ikh Maulavi Abdul Hak­eem Sharae said, “Political parties’ activities have been completely stopped in the country because neither do these parties have any standing in Sharia, any place in Sharia nor are any natio­nal interests atta­ched to these parties or the nation liked them.”

The Taliban issued a statement demonstrating that the Afghan Taliban may carry on with monopolising power as a movement and do not intend to allow any political plurality in the country.

In the statement, it was not specified when the ban was imposed, but the Afghan Taliban have been blocking international pressure to maintain a more broad-based government. They said their ‘interim government’ had several representatives from all tribes and ethnicities in the country and was broad-based.