Afghan Taliban leader only wants 'terror on enemies' to continue
The new leader of the Afghan Taliban is telling commanders and the group's supreme leadership council that there will be no peace talks with the Afghan government, a group source said.
The source said that Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, who was appointed to lead the terror group after a U.S. drone strike killed Mullah Akhtar Mohammed Mansour, will follow the militant policies espoused by founder Mullah Omar, who was killed in Pakistan in 2013.
His appointment comes at a time when The Taliban has made strong battlefield gains against government forces in recent months, driving back Afghan troops from key positions and launching a string of bombings in Kabul.
The source said that Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, who was appointed to lead the terror group after a U.S. drone strike killed Mullah Akhtar Mohammed Mansour, will follow the militant policies espoused by founder Mullah Omar, who was killed in Pakistan in 2013.
His appointment comes at a time when The Taliban has made strong battlefield gains against government forces in recent months, driving back Afghan troops from key positions and launching a string of bombings in Kabul.