Khaama Press December 7, 2015 Heavy clashes have been reported among the top Taliban leaders in western Herat province of Afghanistan. According to a security official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, clashes erupted among the supporters of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor and another Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Rasool. The official further added that clashes started
Press TV December 6, 2015 Militant sources have cast doubt on the authenticity of a purported audio message dismissing reports of the alleged death of the Afghan Taliban leader, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour. On Sunday, Mawlawi Hanifi, a senior militants commander based in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, argued that the Taliban has been covering up the
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 5, 2015 ISLAMABAD—Afghanistan’s Taliban released a voice message late Saturday purportedly from its supreme leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, in which he refuted claims he had been killed in a gunbattle earlier this week. “Brothers, there is no truth in this news and it is absolutely baseless. It is part of
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 3, 2015 Afghan officials say they are trying to determine whether Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansur is still alive after he was reportedly seriously wounded in a firefight after a dispute with fellow commanders in Pakistan. “We are trying to establish whether Mansur is dead or alive,” said Sultan Faizi,
By RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan November 08, 2015 The new leader of an Afghan Taliban splinter faction has offered words of support for Islamic State (IS) and Al-Qaeda militants, but says that they are not welcome to operate in Afghanistan. Mullah Mohammad Rasul, leader of a dissident Taliban faction calling itself the High Council of
Tolo News: An Afghan Taliban splinter group has reportedly elected their new leader after Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor refused to step down as successor of late Taliban leader Mullah Omar. A video obtained by BBC shows a meeting of dozens of heavily-armed Taliban commanders in Afghanistan’s western Farah province in which Mullah Mohammad Rasool was
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 02, 2015 A splinter faction of the Afghan Taliban has reportedly selected its own chief to challenge the militant group’s new leader. Mullah Akhtar Mansur was appointed Taliban leader in July after Afghan intelligence leaked the news that the movement’s longtime leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, had been dead for more