Taliban dissolve Afghanistan’s election commissions

Published December 26, 2021 5:31pm ET



The Taliban confirmed Sunday they have dissolved Afghanistan’s two election commissions.

The country’s Independent Election Commission and Electoral Complaint Commission were dissolved by the Taliban. Deputy spokesman Bilal Karimi of Afghanistan’s Taliban-run government called the commissions “unnecessary institutes for the current situation in Afghanistan,” according to the Associated Press.

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