The leader of the Islamic Emirate, Mawlavi Hibatullah Akhundzada, has met with a number of scholars from Kandahar, Kabul, Kapisa, Baghlan, Faryab, Khost and Nangarhar provinces, the IEA’s spokesman said in a statement on Thursday.

According to the statement, the Ministers of National Defense, Interior, Foreign Affairs and Communications and Information Technology were also present at the meeting.

The meeting began with an opening speech by the leader of the Islamic Emirate, in which he reminded the scholars of their responsibilities and their obligation to serve the new Islamic system well.

He recommended the promotion of knowledge, the writing of books and articles, and the good implementation of Islamic Sharia, read the statement.

Later, opinions were taken from the scholars on a number of topics.

“Each of the scholars, in turn, praised the achievements of the Islamic Emirate in addition to shedding light on the topics discussed in the meeting, and at the same time, they discussed some of the problems of the people and problems were also presented to the leader,” the statement read.

The scholars promised to implement the decrees and regulations and to solve the problems of the people. They also pledged to take effective steps for the improvement and development of the Islamic system.