Tayeb Agha steps down as Taliban chief in Qatar
The head of the Taliban's Qatar-based political office, Tayeb Agha, has stepped down, a high-profile resignation within leadership ranks highlighting growing discord over the movement's recent power transition.
Mullah Akhtar Mansour was announced as the new Taliban chief on Friday after the insurgents confirmed the death of Mullah Omar, who led the militant movement for some 20 years.
But splits immediately emerged between Mansour and rivals challenging his appointment, exposing the Taliban's biggest leadership crisis in recent years and one that raises the risk of a factional split.
Underscoring the deepening internal divisions, Tayeb Agha stepped down on Monday as head of the Taliban's political office, set up in Qatar in 2013 to facilitate peace talks.
"In order to live with a clear conscience and abide by the principles of Mullah Omar, I decided that my work as head of the political office has ended," Agha said in the statement published on a website regularly used by the Doha office and confirmed by a Taliban source. [AFP]
Another propaganda maybe to divert people thoughts c',)
We better watch out
Another propaganda maybe to divert people thoughts c',)
We better watch out
The divisions have begun.
All of them should quit and go for 40 days Tabliqh to learn the real struggle. Islam would never prevail by violence.