Taliban says Afghan president must go in order to reach peace deal

Suhail Shaheen, Afghan Taliban spokesman (Pool/AP)

The Taliban has said it does not want to monopolise power, but insists there will be no peace in Afghanistan until there is a new negotiated government in Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani is removed.

A spokesman for the group, Suhail Shaheen, laid out the insurgents’ stance on what should come next with the country on a precipice as the last US and Nato soldiers leave.