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Five years into Taliban rule, promises fade and power tightens
The New Indian Express Tiruchy
|August 16, 2025
5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TALIBAN AS THEY START 5TH YEAR IN POWER
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Power concentrated in one man
Supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada governs by divine decree
Criticism of him = blasphemy, as per Taliban officials
Military and government now fully centralised under his control
Fragile control, rising threats
This story is from the August 16, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Tiruchy.
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