The Taliban Are Having Problems To Form A Government

 

Zero Hedge/Asia Times: Why the Taliban still can’t form a government 

Internal Taliban divisions come to the fore as squabbling hinders the formation of Afghanistan's new Islamic Emirate 

It looked like everything was set for the Taliban to announce the new government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan after this Friday’s afternoon prayers. But then internal dissent prevailed. 

That was compounded by the adverse optics of a ragtag “resistance” in the Panjshir Valley that is still not subdued. 

The “resistance” is de facto led by a CIA asset, former vice president Amrullah Saleh. 

The Taliban maintain they have captured several districts and at least four checkpoints at the Panjshir, controlling 20% of its territory. Still, there’s no endgame in sight. 

Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, a Kandahar religious scholar, is expected to be the new power of the Islamic Emirate when it’s finally formed. Mullah Baradar will likely preside just below him as a presidential figure along with a 12-member governing council known as a “shura.”  

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WNU Editor: I mentioned last week that if the Taliban do not form a government by the weekend, this is a red flag that there are problems. Even Pakistan's intelligence chief flew into Kabul to mediate talks and to promise to provide military assistance .... Pakistan's intelligence chief visits Kabul (CGTN). 

My prediction. A government will be formed this week. Even former president Hamid Karzai and ex-head of the Reconciliation Council Abdullah Abdullah will be be part of the 12-member shura. 

The problem will be on how will the other factions of the Taliban respond to this power structure. If history is any indication, not well and they will be charting their own independent course. 

The other crisis that this Taliban government will facing will be on how to re-open the spigot when it comes to foreign aid and assistance. Absent that assistance, this Taliban government will be limited in influence and unable to provide basic services. A disaster if there ever was one, and one that it appears the Taliban are well aware of.