Jan 15, 2022: According to a report by AFP, an official of the administration said on Saturday that the Taliban had dismissed about 3,000 members for allegedly abusing its movement in a wide-ranging “vetting process” since it came to power.

The Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August after a 20-year insurgency against former US-backed governments and foreign NATO forces.

Promising a more soft rule compared to that during their 1996-2001 rule, the Taliban government set up a commission to identify members who were violating the movement’s rules.

Latifullah Hakimi, head of the panel at the Ministry of Defense, told AFP: “They were defaming the Islamic Emirate. They were removed in the investigation so that we could build a clean army and police force in the future.”

So far about 2,840 members had been dismissed, he said.

“They were involved in corruption, drugs and were intruding in people’s private lives. Some also had links with Daesh,” Hakimi added, using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group.

Latifullah Hakimi said those suspended were from 14 provinces and the process to “filter out” such members will continue in other provinces.

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