Five years of forced rule by the Afghan regime without equal representation of different ethnic groups and poor governance, suppression of women rights policy is in the media limelight.

Every day, there is a new story of fighting between different ruling groups over the distribution of resources and a share in government. The latest in this regard is the removal of Zabul’s Deputy Governor Haji Jumma Khan Fateh; disputes over gold mines in Badakhshan and the ongoing removal of Tajik, Uzbek, and Hazara commanders show that ethnic divisions inside the Taliban government are getting worse.

Although the Taliban claims to run a national government, power is actually held by a small group of Kandahari Pashtuns. They control politics, security forces, provincial offices, and economic resources. At the same time, non-Pashtun leaders are being removed through arrests, dismissals, killings, and exclusion from key........

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