[2] The Taliban did not include the House of Elders and several other agencies of the former government in its first national budget in May 2022.

Government spokesman Innamullah Samangani said that due to the financial crisis, only active agencies were included in the budget, and the excluded ones had been dissolved, but noted they could be brought back "if needed.

Half of the presidential nominees had to be women, two representatives from the disabled and impaired and two from the Kuchis.

[4] Speakers of the Mesherano Jirga since establishment in 1931 Having been absent from the decision-making process for centuries, Afghan women for the first time entered the political arena in 2001, after the overthrow of Taliban.

The new 2004 constitution secured reserved seats for women and minorities in both houses of parliament.