Taliban dissolves Afghanistan’s human rights commission as ‘unnecessary’

Four other government departments scrapped as cash-strapped regime faces $500m budget deficit

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan dissolved five key departments of the former US-backed government, including the country's human rights commission, deeming them unnecessary in the face of a financial crunch, an official said.

Afghanistan faced a budget deficit of 44bn Afghanis ($501m) this financial year, Taliban authorities said as they announced their first annual national budget since taking over last August.