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An Afghan with links to top Taliban leaders had approached Afghanistan’s intelligence service in the winter of 2014 with the “startling tip” that Mullah Omar had died in a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.

It is widely believed that Mullah Omar fled over the border to Pakistan, where he lived under Pakistani protection until his death.

A prime Taliban official introduced his resignation on Tuesday amid a rising management wrestle within the Afghan rebel motion after information of the dying of chief Mullah Mohammad Omar final week.

“We should remove our differences”.

The Afghan Taliban has publicly named its new leader: Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, according to two commanders of the Islamic militant organization. Mansoor has-been an “active director” of the jihad, or holy war, for some years, it added.

Those who are suspicious of Pakistan’s role in these events believe that Mullah Omar’s longstanding opposition to reconciliation with the ill-equipped and shaky Kabul regime may have outlived its use. This ruled out his 26-year-old son, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoub, who is...

China has expressed its backing for Pakistan and other parties to “push for peace and reconciliation” in the war-torn Afghanistan, days after the second round of peace talks were put off following news of Taliban chief Mullah Omar’s death.

Manan said: “We have not declared allegiance to anyone and will never do it because of the differences over the new leader”.

The Taliban on Friday formally announced their new leader, saying he had been running the insurgent group’s operations for years in the absence of former leader Mullah Mohammad Omar. It is widely believed that Mullah Omar fled over the border to Pakistan, where he lived...

“He is known among fighters in the field as more into peace talks than Mullah Omar, and less strict”, said one Taliban commander who asked to stay anonymous.

“I do not accept this selection of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor because only a few chose him”, Mullah Abdul Manan said.

Omar’s family said in an audio statement released on August 2 that it had not pledged allegiance to Mullah Akhtar Mansur, whom the Taliban has announced as Omar’s successor.

Just the day after Rajnath Singh said that the three terrorists were from Pakistan, the government argued, saying that there was no evidence that the terrorists actually hailed from Pakistan and they were that the Pakistan government was not aware of the entire plot that led to...

Gurdaspur: Postmortem examinations were on Friday being conducted at the civil hospital in Gurdaspur on the bodies of the three terrorists, who had stormed a police station in Gurdaspur and were gunned down by Punjab Police personnel during a day-long operation.

Taliban insurgent leaders were preparing to attend a second round of negotiations with Afghan officials, prodded by Pakistani authorities amid a thaw in their long-chilly relations with Kabul, and reinforced by a supportive recent statement from the supreme Taliban leader,...