The Taliban set up a military tribunal to hear complaints against the group’s forces

The Taliban government has announced the establishment of a military tribunal to hear complaints against the Taliban forces.

Enamullah Samangani, the Taliban’s deputy spokesman, wrote in a tweet today that a military tribunal to hear complaints against Taliban militants had been set up by order of the group’s leader, Hebatullah Akhundzadeh.

Emphasizing that the court’s decision will be implemented after the approval of the three courts and the Taliban leadership, he added that Obaidullah Nezami has been appointed as the head of the court and Seyyed Agha and Zahid Akhundzadeh as judges.

Samangani also said that the military tribunal, in the light of sharia law, has jurisdiction to register complaints, lawsuits and petitions against officials and appointees of the three security organs, and to issue “sharia rulings” on them.

The trial comes as complaints of harassment by Taliban forces have risen recently.