Taliban has changed, don't believe Western media, says Hadi

PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang today defended the Taliban, saying the organisation which has taken over Afghanistan has changed for the better.

In an editorial published in the party's mouthpiece Harakahdaily, he said proof of this is how the Taliban issued mass pardons to all who worked with the United States and allowed "liberals" to flee the country.

Going over the origin of the Taliban, Hadi said the Taliban now has changed and is wiser, even though still steadfast in its struggle to uphold Islam.