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Five years into Taliban rule, promises fade and power tightens
The New Indian Express Bengaluru
|August 16, 2025
5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT TALIBAN AS THEY START 5TH YEAR IN POWER
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1 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
2 Fragile control, rising threats
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