Afghan supreme leader addresses major gathering in Kabul

The supreme leader of Afghanistan, Mawlavi Hebatullah Akhundzadeh, while lauding Taliban for taking Afghanistan last year, has called to forge national unity.

He was addressing the three-day Loya Jirga, being held in Kabul and is attended by nearly three thousand religious scholars belonging to 34 provinces of the country.

Hebatullah Akhundzadeh said Taliban want peace and security and that neighbouring nations have nothing to fear.

He asked the traders to return and invest in the country, saying that foreign aid cannot build our economy, rather, it would make us more dependent on foreign funds.