'They get power through bullets and not ballots,' said a former Afghan politician of the announcement.
"If this structure does not exist, I'm 100 percent sure that Afghanistan's problems will never be solved as there won't be any elections," he told the news agency.
"They are against all democratic institutions. They get power through bullets and not ballots," Fidai said. The announcement comes as the international community remains skeptical of the Taliban-run government. The group's return to power in August sparked concerns about the nation returning to the brutal rule of the Taliban's first reign.
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