Aziz: It is not clear yet who is Taliban’s leader

Pakistan’s National Security Advisor Sartaj Aziz has told that the main reason for the delay in reviving peace talks was a leadership crisis in the Taliban after Mullah Omar’s death.

“It is not clear yet who is their leader, whom to talk to,” Aziz has said to the reporters after his visit with his American counterpart in Islamabad on Sunday.

Mullah Omar, the supreme leader of Taliban was replaced by his deputy, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, in a process that has been criticized by Mullah Omar’s family members especially by his brother Mullah Manan.

According to the reports U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice on her Pakistan visit has urged top Pakistani civilian and military leaders to do more to stop attacks in neighboring Afghanistan by Pakistan-based militants and has called the actions “absolutely unacceptable”.

Rice has also discussed efforts to revive peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban which were suspended after the announcement of the death of Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

Pakistan had hosted a previous round of direct talks in July and is believed to have influence over the insurgents.