Editing Taliban (section)

=== Organization and governance ===
Consistent with the governance of the early Muslims was the absence of state institutions and the absence of "a methodology for command and control", both of which are standard today, even in non-Westernized states. The Taliban did not issue press releases or policy statements, nor did they hold regular press conferences. The basis for this structure was [[Grand Mufti]] [[Rashid Ahmed Ludhianvi]]'s ''Obedience to the Amir,'' as he served as a mentor to the Taliban's leadership.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Semple|first=Michael|date=2014|title=Rhetoric, Ideology, and Organizational Structure of the Taliban Movement|url=https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/187121/PW102-Rhetoric-Ideology-and-Organizational-Structure-of-the-Taliban-Movement.pdf|journal=[[United States Institute of Peace]]|pages=10–11}}</ref> The outside world and most Afghans did not even know what their leaders looked like, because photography was banned.<ref>{{Harvnb|Rashid|2000|p=5}}.</ref> The "regular army" resembled a lashkar or traditional tribal [[militia]] force with only 25,000 men (of whom 11,000 were non-Afghans).

Cabinet ministers and deputies were mullahs with a "[[madrasah]] education". Several of them, such as the Minister of Health and the Governor of the State bank, were primarily military commanders who left their administrative posts and fought whenever they were needed. Military reverses that trapped them behind enemy lines or led to their deaths increased the chaos in the national administration.<ref>{{Harvnb|Rashid|2000|p=100}}.</ref> At the national level, "all senior Tajik, Uzbek and Hazara bureaucrats" were replaced "with Pashtuns, whether qualified or not". Consequently, the ministries "by and large ceased to function".<ref name="rashid 101-102">{{Harvnb|Rashid|2000|pp=101–102}}.</ref>

The Ministry of Finance did not have a budget nor did it have a "qualified economist or banker". Mullah Omar collected and dispersed cash without bookkeeping.