Afghanistan: Taliban leader warns of infiltrators

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The supreme leader of the Taliban, Haibatullah Akhunzada, has advised the group that there may be “ unknown” realities among their species who are “ working against the will of the government”.

The warning came in a statement attributed to Akhunzada that was circulated extensively on Taliban social media accounts on Thursday.

The Taliban’s supreme leader has not been seen in public since the group seized power nearly three months agone, landing the Afghan capital of Kabul on August 15 and declaring an Islamic emirate as US forces withdrew following a decades-long occupation.

Since the Taliban took control of the country, its leadership has constantly advised of hoaxers and culprits joining the group in an trouble to harm its image.

In September, acting Defence Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob raised enterprises in an audio communication.

“ There are some bad and loose people who want to join us … To fulfil their own interest or to defame us and make us look bad,” he said.

Yaqoob, the son of Taliban author Mullah Mohammad Omar, added that any guileful rudiments among the species would be dealt with.

In recent months, the Taliban has expanded its reclamation as it seeks to fulfil a pledge to maintain security in the country. But the group has faced a series of deadly attacks from rivals, including the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, ISKP (ISIS-K) fortified group, an ISIL- chapter.

On Tuesday, at least 19 people were killed in an attack on a military sanitarium in Kabul claimed by ISKP.

The Taliban also declared a civil remittal and promised to allow private media companies to continue to operate freely and singly. Still, there have been reports of some Taliban fighters allegedly abusing intelligencers, and others have been indicted of forcefully seizing property in several businesses.

Following the reports, Akhunzada’s office issued a decree in late September banning the group’s members from entering homes and services “ in Kabul or its surroundings under the rationale of checking vehicles or outfit. No bone is allowed to take vehicles or outfit” in the name of the Afghan government, it said.

Still, there have been continued reports of Taliban fighters forcing hundreds of families out of their homes in the central fiefdom of Daikondi.