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Taliban meeting walkout raises specter of split

At the Taliban meeting this week where Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was named as the group’s new head, several senior figures in the movement, including the son and brother of late leader Mullah Omar, walked out in protest. The display of dissent within the group’s secretive core is the clearest[…]

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Afghanistan peace talks on hold amid Taliban turmoil

The confirmation of Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s death has thrown the fledgling Afghan peace process into disarray, with planned talks postponed. Taliban officials formally announced in a statement on Friday morning that Mullah Akhtar Mansoor has been elected as the group’s new leader, a day after the group confirmed the death[…]

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Afghan Taliban names a new leader

The Taliban have chosen supreme leader Mullah Omar’s deputy to replace him, two militant commanders said on Thursday, as Pakistan announced that scheduled peace talks between the radicals and the Afghan government would be postponed. Pakistan cited a statement in Kabul on Wednesday about Omar’s death as the reason for[…]

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The rise and radicalisation of Mullar Omar

One of the most wanted men in the world for over a decade, Mullah Omar was also one of the most elusive. There are no clear photographs in existence of the tall, one-eyed leader of Afghanistan’s Taliban radicals, and only a handful of foreigners have seen him. Even when his[…]

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Taliban, Afghan government hold talks in Pakistan

The first officially acknowledged peace talks between the Afghan Taliban and the government in Kabul have concluded with an agreement to meet again after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, according to Pakistani officials. Taliban issue strains Afghan-Pakistan ties Pakistan hosted Tuesday’s meeting in a step towards ending more than[…]

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Taliban attacks Afghan parliament

A Taliban suicide bomber and six gunmen attacked the Afghan parliament on Monday as lawmakers met to consider a new defense minister, and another district in the volatile north fell to the radicals as they intensified a summer offensive. The brazen assault on the symbolic center of power, along with[…]

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Taliban claims attack on guesthouse in Afghan capital

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for an overnight attack on a guesthouse in the diplomatic enclave of the Afghan capital that ended after a stand-off with government forces. The interior ministry said the fighters had been armed with a rocket-propelled grenade launcher and other weapons. All four attackers were killed[…]

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13 killed in Afghan highway attack

Gunmen in eastern Afghanistan attacked passing vehicles on a darkened highway during a midnight assault Tuesday, killing at least 13 people, authorities said. The attack happened in Wardak province’s Sayad Abad district, where Taliban fighters hold much territory and launch frequent attacks on security forces. However, no group immediately claimed responsibility[…]

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