London: Former Afghan Intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh has said that there is no existence of moderate Taliban.
Speaking at BBC’s Hard Talk programme, he said al Qaeda and Taliban have same ideologies.
Cooperation of Taliban and al-Qaeda were not accidental, but both the insurgents groups have same concepts, he claimed.
He said Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s peace talks with the Taliban were futile. He urged tougher action against the Taliban.
The former intelligence chief said that the concept of moderate Taliban was created by the Western powers. They used the term to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.
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