KABUL (Pajhwok): A 20-member council religious scholars has been established in central Uruzgan province to provide instructions to provincial officials in line with Sharia law.
In a statement, Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, said the council in Uruzgan province was established in accordance with supreme leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada’s order for the enhancement of affairs.
He said influential figures and religious scholars had been appointed as members of the body.
According to him, Sheikh Mawlawi Abdul Ghafar has been appointed as director of the council, Mawlawi Hamid Akhundzada as deputy director and Mawlawi . . .
