An office of the Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid was opened in Kandahar, the spokesman told TOLOnews.  

Mujahid said his “deputies are in Kabul” and a major “part of my office’s work will be in Kabul.” 

He said that the move was made based on the presence of the Islamic Emirate’s leadership in Kandahar.  

“We have shifted a part of the office for performing duties to Kandahar. It was necessary. A major part of our office is in Kabul as well. The deputies are there. I will spend more time in Kandahar. It was the need of the leadership that I should be near them,” Mujahid said. 

Political analysts said that Kandahar is the center of the decision-making of the Islamic Emirate.  

“Since Hamal 1401, the Islamic Emirate showed that the center of power and decision-making is in Kandahar. The cabinet that is in Kabul plays an executive (you mean administrative?) role in the implementation of the decrees being issued in Kandahar,” said Saleem Kakar, a political analyst.  

“Usually, the shifting of the capital happens based on economic manners. If anything like that happens, the people are being aware of it or asking for their views” said Torek Farhadi, a political analyst.  (what?)

“Kandahar, Kabul and Peshawar have been Afghanistan’s capital historically and politically. But now, the shifting of the Islamic Emirate’s spokesman to Kandahar could be a temporary action,” said Najibullah Jami, a political analyst. 

Cabinet meetings are held in the Arg in Kabul, but political analysts said that important meetings and decisions are being made in Kandahar.