Rift in Taliban ranks to complicate Afghan peace process
KABUL, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) — A division in the rank of Taliban fighters has finally surfaced as a splinter faction challenging new leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor as being illegitimate to substitute Mullah Mohammad Omar, has picked up Omar’s close aide Mullah Mohammad Rasoul as its supreme commander of faithful Muslims, or new leader. The