Six killed in Pakistan checkpost attack

The resilience of the Taliban, who ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001, continues after more than a decade of war waged by USA and its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies in the country.Afghan security forces, stretched on multiple fronts, are struggling to rein in the Taleban as North Atlantic Treaty Organisation forces pull back from the frontlines.

The dispute within the Taliban threatens a fledgling peace process with the Afghan government and may open the way for Islamic State to expand its toehold of influence.

Security officials would not confirm how many prisoners were in the jail. His appointment angered Mullah Omar’s family and many senior members of the Quetta Shura, the inner circle at the top of the Taliban.

The group itself later admitted covering up his death for two years, saying they had wanted to keep it secret until foreign forces ended their fight against the militants.

“Access to quality and safe education helps children grow into adults who go on to secure jobs, start businesses and help build their communities, and it makes them less vulnerable to exploitation and abuse”, United Nations refugee chief Antonio Guterres said in the statement. Rumours have multiplied amid the splits.

Report on former Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s death was on Tuesday presented in Senate. “We made enquiries from the doctors, it seems he was suffering from HCV (Hepatitis C). He died there and was laid to relaxation there”.

Yakoub added that his father had not picked a successor. The uncertainty also reflects on the authenticity of the peace talks, which the authorities are struggling to conduct with the extremists.

The Afghan insurgents worry Pakistan needs to control their motion for its personal ends, worries Yaqoob referred to.

“He was not martyred either by elders inside the Emirate nor by enemies outside the Emirate”, said Yakoub, thought to be in his late twenties, in his first public statement.

He was killed when a group of militants attacked the military checkpost in Dandi Katch area.