Taliban supreme leader offers general amnesty to opponents.

PESHAWAR -- Afghan Taliban supreme leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada has offered general amnesty to the group's opponents, subject to them renouncing enmity. He has said that every male and female member of society shall be given their due rights.

In his felicitation message ahead of Eidul Fitr, issued on Wednesday, the Taliban leader categorically stated that 'Islamic Emirate' did not have a monopolist policy and assured that every male and female member of Afghan society shall be given their due rights, as none shall feel any sense of deprivation or injustice.

'All work necessary for the welfare, durability and development of society will be addressed in the light of divine Shariah law,' the statement said. He offered general amnesty to all those standing in the opposition ranks if they choose to renounce their enmity.

'We urge everyone to take full advantage of this amnesty by ending their opposition and not becoming an impediment for the establishment of an Islamic government which is the aspiration of millions of martyred, wounded, disabled, orphaned, widowed and suffering Afghans,' said Akhundzada Haibatullah, who was declared Taliban's supreme leader after the killing of his predecessor Mullah Akhtar Mansour.

Haibatullah says every male, female member of Afghan society shall be given due rights

Mullah Mansour was killed in a US drone attack in Balochistan near the Iran border in May 2016.

Clarifying the external policy of the Taliban movement, he said that political relations of the 'Islamic Emirate' with regional and world countries had broadened tremendously compared to the past as trust and confidence was built based on the 'emirate' clarifying its stance and policy to others.

'On the basis of our policy, we seek to have brotherly relations with Islamic countries, neighbourly relations with our neighbors and strengthening of...