Afghanistan may be governed by a ruling council now after the Taliban takeover, while the movement's supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, would likely remain in overall charge, a senior member of the group told Reuters.
Many issues regarding how the Taliban would run Afghanistan have yet to be finalised, Waheedullah Hashimi said, but added that Afghanistan would not be a democracy.
"There will be no democratic system at all because it does not have any base in our country," he said.
The Taliban would also reach out to former pilots and soldiers from the Afghan armed forces to join its ranks, Hashimi added in the interview.
On recruiting soldiers and pilots who fought for the ousted Afghan government, Hashimi said the Taliban planned to set up a new national force that would include its own members as well as government soldiers willing to join.