The leader of the Taliban movement, Hibatullah Akhundzada, ordered Afghan officials to release their relatives who worked in government positions, reports BBCreports News.ro.

Hibatullah Akhundzada’s decree states that officials must replace named sons or other family members and refrain from hiring relatives in the future.

When the Taliban came to power in 2021, they fired some senior staff and others fled.

There were allegations that inexperienced employees were hired based on their personal connections.

Afghan Islamic Media, based in Peshawar, Pakistan, said the decree came after allegations that several high-ranking Taliban officials had appointed their sons to government posts.

A photo of the resolution was published on Saturday on the State Administration’s Twitter page.

Afghanistan has faced a deepening economic and humanitarian crisis since the Taliban swept into Kabul and regained control of the country.

Foreign military forces have been in the country for two decades, waging a war that has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions more.

Since then, sanctions have been imposed on members of the Taliban government, central bank assets abroad have been frozen and most foreign funding has been suspended, cutting off economic support.

Afghanistan is estimated to have more than $1 billion in natural resources, including natural gas, copper and rare earths, but these reserves remain untapped due to decades of unrest in the country.

The Taliban government’s treatment of women has drawn international outrage and further isolated the country as its economy collapses.

Education for women and girls is particularly controversial. Currently, girls and women are denied access to secondary schools and universities in most countries of Afghanistan.