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Saturday, 2 July 2016

New Taliban leader tells U.S. to end Afghan 'occupation' in first message

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New Taliban pioneer Haibatullah Akhundzada tells U.S. on Saturday to end its "occupation" of Afghanistan in his first message subsequent to being delegated the activist gathering's boss in May. 

"Concede the substances rather than futile utilization of power and muscle... also, put a conclusion to the occupation," Akhundzada said in a discourse on the eve of Eid-al-Fitr, the Muslim celebration denoting the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. 

"Our message to the American intruders and her associates is this: the Afghan Muslim individuals neither apprehension... your power nor your stratagem. They consider affliction in showdown with you as a treasured objective of their life," Akhundzada included. 

"You are confronting... not a gathering or group but rather a country. You are not going to be a champ [if Allah willing]." 

The message is the first by Akhundzada since his forerunner Akhtar Mansour was executed amid a U.S. ramble strike in neighboring Pakistan in May. 

The pioneer's announcement comes two days after twin Taliban bomb impacts killed no less than 32 Afghan policemen and injured 78 others on the edge of Kabul. 



"Our message to the supporters of the intruders is that it may have been occurred to you amid the previous 15 years that you are being utilized for acknowledgment of American objectives," Akhundzada said, including that "your backing and agreeing with trespassers resemble the work of those loathsome confronts who in our past history upheld the Britons and the Soviets," he included.