Can't throw away responsibility: Ex-mayor of Kabul continues to run city under Taliban

Daoud Sultanzoy, who was the mayor of Kabul under the Ashraf Ghani government, continues to run the capital city under the Taliban rule. He now shares his office with Hamidullah Nomani, the Taliban’s new caretaker administrator of Kabul.

A month has passed since the Taliban took over Kabul on August 15 following a lightning military campaign. Nearly all members of the erstwhile US-backed government have either left the country or relinquished their posts in fear of the militants. However, Daoud Sultanzoy, the 66-year-old ex-mayor of Kabul, continues to return to his office.

Daoud Sultanzoy, a former US citizen, now shares his office with Hamidullah Nomani, the Taliban’s new caretaker administrator of Kabul. Nomani served as the Afghan capital’s mayor and a cabinet minister in the first Taliban regime.