New Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Man soor
called for unity in the movement in his first
audio message released Saturday amid reports
of rifts in their ranks following the announcement
of the death of former chief Mullah omar.
'We should all work to preserve unity,
division in our ranks will only please our
enemies ,and cause further problems for us
he said in the recording released by the group,
In the 33-minute message ,the new Taliban
chief also says the insurgency will continue
and advises his followers not to pay attention
rumours spread about the Taliban campaign.
Mansoor replace Taliban founder Mullah
Mohammed Omar, whose death was confirmed
by the militants on Thursday,although the timing
of his death is unclear.
"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
The audio message from Mansoor also mentioned
peace talks with the Afghan -government though
it was not clear whether he supported them.
Kabul held talks last month with the Taliban in an
attempt to work towards a peace process for the
war ravaged nation though the second round
of talks that had been expected in Pakistan on
Friday was postponed following the announcement
of the death of Mullah Omar.
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