Taliban Leader Creates ‘National Procurement Commission’

The Taliban leader has created a new procurement agency titled “National Procurement Commission” under the leadership of the group’s deputy Prime Minister, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, to ensure transparency and effective services for the group’s government.

Office of the Taliban’s deputy Prime Minister said in a statement issued on Tuesday, December 13, that the commission is created following a decree of the group’s leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzadah.