Council may rule Afghanistan, Taliban to reach out to soldiers, pilots

Many issues regarding how the Taliban would run Afghanistan have yet to be finalised, Waheedullah Hashimi, who has access to the group's decision-making, explained, but Afghanistan would not be a democracy.

Afghanistan may be governed by a ruling council now that the Taliban has taken over , while the Islamist militant movement's supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, would likely remain in overall charge, a senior member of the group told Reuters.