KABUL Sirajddin and former Mullah Haibatullah Akhunzada as his deputies.
A day earlier, a Taliban statement said Mullah Mohammad Omer had passed away after protracted illness but did not mention when, where and how he had died.
The statement said several key Taliban figures and religious leaders, after long discussions, appointed Omer’s close aide and former deputy Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansoor as their new leader.
Mansoor has been one of the closest and trusted aides to Mullah Omar during his life and has . . .
