Several members of the Taliban's cabinet expressed their concerns about the "strength of the system" and "people's support" for the Taliban government during a meeting attended by the group's leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, sources told Afghanistan International.
According to the source, the Taliban leader is also dissatisfied with the cabinet members.
According to sources, the Taliban leader raised complaints about the group's officials at the meeting, saying that members of the Taliban government "are not 100 percent committed to the implementation of the Islamic system”.
Sources said that Hibatullah Akhundzada also expressed his dissatisfaction with the Taliban's cabinet ministers that the group's officials were putting all the problems on his shoulders during talks with foreign diplomats.
Sources within the Taliban said that the leader of the group, referring to the statements of Taliban officials with foreign diplomats, said that these words mean that they are dissatisfied with him.
According to these sources, several Taliban ministers assured Hibatullah Akhundzada that they would "obey" him "for life" and would not act against his orders. However, it has been said that three Taliban ministers stated that the "strength of the system" and "popular support" for the Taliban government are currently under threat.
Sources said that during the Taliban's cabinet meeting with the leader of this group, important issues of the nation were not addressed.
According to sources, at the meeting, Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani and Taliban’s Minister of Information and Culture Khairullah Khairkhwa expressed their views on issues that were "not in line with the Taliban leader's wishes and views and aroused his dissatisfaction”.
Although the Taliban denies the existence of differences among their leaders, there have always been significant signs of disagreements.
Earlier, Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban's interior minister, implicitly criticised Hibatullah Akhundzada in a public meeting, and had stated, "You should not think that because I am the ruler, everyone should accept my words, and if anyone does not accept my words, the sky will come to earth."
Haqqani continued, "You are accountable to God and God will question you."
The Taliban's disputes are said to be mainly over Hibatullah's restrictive decrees, which have made it difficult for the group to interact with the international community.
