KABUL in 1999 under a fake name. Mansour was killed last month in a US drone strike that hit the car he was travelling in near Afghanistan border in Balochistan province. Media reports quoted a Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) official…
KABUL commander was among six others killed during a raid by personnel of the Afghan Special Forces Unit in central Maidan Wardak province. A MoI statement said the Taliban commander, Toryalai, was killed along with his five comrades on Tuesday…
KABUL’s Balochistan province. A statement issued by the National Directorate of Security or NDS said Mansour was killed in the airstrike that struck his vehicle on the main road in Dalbandi area of Balochistan around 3:45pm Saturday. Mansour had been…
KABUL Akhtar Mansour had once again responded in the negative to a 1000-member delegation of religious scholars over the insurgency’s leadership row. In a statement, the council said the death of Taliban’s founder and long-time supreme leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar,…
KABUL Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, has asked the Afghan government to scrap all kinds of agreements with the United States and her allies. In a message ahead of the religious festival Eidul Adha, Mansour said peace would continue to elude Afghanistan until…
KABUL Mohammad Omar’s family has pledged allegiance to the group’s new chief, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, ending a bitter succession dispute. Omar’s brother Mullah Abdul Manan and son Yaqoob pledged their allegiance to Mansour during a meeting, the Taliban said in…
KABUL Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, has appealed for unity in the insurgency and has asked the rebels to end their internal differences. The Taliban through a statement had confirmed their supreme leader Mullah Omar died of sickness some time ago. However,…
