Mullah Rasool (BBC)

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 chosen to lead the dissident group, causing deep divisions in the insurgency. Click here to read more (external link).