Taliban Leader Claims that Group Controls Over Half of Afghanistan.
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Taliban Leader Claims that Group Controls Over Half of Afghanistan. “Taliban Not Connected to Terrorist Attacks”
By Islamic World News
South Front
Featured image: Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada (Source: South Front)
Taliban leader Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada in a message on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha announced that the departure of all American and NATO forces from Afghanistan is the only solution to end the war and violence in Afghanistan.
He also denied any Taliban links with terrorist attacks and declared that the Taliban controls more than half of the country. However, this claim contradicts to the info provided by the US military.
Gen. John Nicholson, the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said that government forces control 62% of t...