The Taliban is set to restore a decades-old constitutional order for their transitional government, one that limits accountability to citizens and lawmakers.
According to a statement published on Tuesday, Hardliner Minister of Justice, Abdul Hakim Sharai, made the remarks during a meeting with the Chinese Ambassador to Kabul, Wang Yu.
Sharai, who was also a member of the group’s leadership council, said the regime would enforce Afghanistan’s last royal-era constitution, aside from those articles which did not align with the Islamic faith.
The Taliban toppled the internationally backed-Afghan government in mid-August and restored their own government.
The Taliban Minister however emphasised that the regime respects those international laws and treaties that are not in contradiction with Islam and the Taliban’s principles.
In the 1964 Afghanistan Constitution, which was applicable until 1973, the country’s last king, Zahir Shah, was not accountable to the people and the parliament, just like the Taliban’s supreme leader is not now.
