Taliban rebuke UN over claims of internal rifts, terror links

Taliban-trained suicide bomber Ismail Ashuqullah (L) speaks with Taliban's General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) after an interview with AFP in Otarhi village in Tangi valley of Saydabad district, Maidan Wardak province/File Photo: AFP

ISLAMABAD: Taliban leaders in Afghanistan pushed back Sunday against a new United Nations assessment that they face internal power struggles and maintain a strong link with international terrorist groups.