He said the Taliban leadership will make all efforts to maintain internal unity at all cost.
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At year’s end, President Barack Obama ended the US combat mission in Afghanistan, bringing the longest war in American history to a responsible conclusion.
‘Our goal and slogan is to implement sharia and an Islamic system, and our jihad will continue until this is done, ‘ he said in the message.
Mansoor, the former aviation minister in Taliban government, was elected this week after the Taliban formally confirmed their supreme leader Mullah Omar had died of a protracted illness.
Mullah Akhtar Mansour had been notified as successor to the late Mullah Omar on Friday.
WANA/PESHAWAR, Pakistan Family users on Friday refused statistics of the demise of Jalaluddin Haqqani, originator of the very bad Haqqani radical network charged for many of Afghanistan’s most damaging committing suicide flareups.
Mansoor is only the second leader the Taliban have had since Omar, an elusive figure who was rarely seen in public and founded the group in the 1990s.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid sent the audio to journalists and others Saturday.
The Taliban has not yet commented on the claims.
“I talked to his grandson (who is somewhere in eastern Afghanistan) and he completely rejected rumours of his death“, the commander said.
Mansur enjoys the support of majority Taliban factions and is believed to be very strong proponent of peace dialogue with Afghan government.
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Taliban attacks against Afghan officials and forces have intensified with their annual warm-weather offensive.
