KABUL - The findings of Kunduz fact-finding commission reveal that circulation of information among senior government officials and delay in action led Taliban to rule Kunduz.

A member of the fact-finding commission of Kunduz in an interview with Ariananews said that the negligence of president and CEO caused the collapse of Kunduz province.

Muhammad Ayoub Rafiqi, member of Kunduz fact-finding commission declares that the foundation stones of local offices in Kunduz were laid based on power division and political intervention of government leaders not on merit.

“Most of the security officials in local institutions are appointed on nepotism that is one of the main reason of Kunduz fall,” said Muhammad Ayoub Rafiqi, member of Kunduz fact-finding commission.

Rafiqi noted that during the clashes, the armed Taliban seized about 40 armored vehicles, thousands of weapons and documents of National Directorate Security (NDS).

The fact-finding commission of Kunduz promised to completely share its 189th page findings with people and media outlets on Saturday, November 21.

Hundreds of lightly armed Taliban riding on motorbikes seized Kunduz city, Afghanistan’s fifth-largest city and home to about 300,000 people on September 28. Their capture marked the fall of the first major Afghan city to the insurgents in 14 years. (ATN)