The Taliban has announced a new commission in an urge to purge ‘people of “bad character”’ from their ranks in what the group say is an effort to protect Afghanistan’s reputation.

The group which has operated as insurgent fighters for two decades says people of a bad character have been affecting Afghan’s vested interests. 

Reports on social media have alleged that people identifying themselves as Taliban members have continued to carry out a number of attacks on civilians and former members of security forces of the ousted government.