Taliban dissolves Afghanistan's election commission, a panel that supervised polls during the previous Western-backed administration, saying there is 'no need for these commissions to exist and operate'
Taliban government spokesman says there is"no need" for Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission, which supervised polls during previous administrations.
The IEC was established in 2006 to administer and supervise all types of elections, including presidential, according to the commission's website. The Taliban has dissolved Afghanistan's election commission, a panel that supervised polls during the previous Western-backed administration."There is no need for these commissions to exist and operate," Karimi said, referring to the Independent Election Commission and the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission.Karimi said the authorities had also dissolved two government departments this week — the ministry of peace, and the ministry of parliamentary affairs.
TheTaliban had already shut down the former administration's ministry of women's affairs and replaced it with the ministry for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice.
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