Taliban leader in a gathering of mullahs: If anyone does not accept our words, we will force them to accept

Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada has said that the words of the group’s mullahs are “rulings” and “implementable,” and if someone does not accept them, they should be forced to accept them by “force.” He made these remarks at a seminar for “Hajj Pilgrim Teachers” in Kandahar. In an audio file released by Taliban deputy spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat, the group’s leader says that mullahs used to issue “fatwas” in the past, but now they are “judg…