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No sooner had the Taliban selected a new chief to replace Mullah Omar than deep fractures emerged on Friday, as the former leader’s son said he rejected the choice of successor.

“This is a big responsibly on us”.

“This is a big responsibly on us. This is all our responsibility to carry on jihad until we establish the Islamic state”.

The Afghan Taliban on Friday praised their new leader, saying he was one of the most “trusted” associates of the late Mullah Mohammad Omar, a acknowledgment likely meant to rally followers behind the leadership at a time of a deeply fractured insurgency.

The Afghan government said he died in a Pakistani hospital more than two years ago.

He served as the aviation minister in the Taliban government in the late 1990s.

The adviser said that that the Taliban have confirmed the death of Mulla Mohammad Omer – founder and supreme leader of the group – and they have elected a new leader – Mullah Akhtar Mansoor.

The Taliban on Thursday confirmed in that Mullah Omar died of an illness some time ago and asserted they elected Mansoor as his successor. For its part, the Afghan government believes it can seize the on the crisis it has created by announcing that Mullah Mohammad Omar has been...

The contradictory reports come a day after the Taliban confirmed that its founder Mullah Mohammed Omar had some time ago, signifying a major shift in Afghanistan’s militant leadership.

As indicated by the latest reports, the most risky militant outfit ISIS is preparing to “trigger a war in India” which will provoke an “Armageddon-like ‘end of the world.'” The report was based on a recruitment document of the Islamic State that was...

It takes three years after the last case for a country to be declared fully polio-free (as opposed to just non-endemic), but at the current rate, we are looking at a polio-free world by 2020-46 years after the WHO first promoted a global immunisation programme.

Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougui urged the Afghan government to inject child protection measures into any further negotiations that flow from its first direct talks with Taliban representatives.

At least 25 people were killed and 10 others injured in a suicide attack near a USA base in eastern Afghanistan, officials said.

Afghan officials are holding talks with Taliban representatives in the Pakistani capital in their first official face-to-face discussions, which the Afghan president said Tuesday were aimed at starting full-fledged negotiations.

Local media, citing the provincial police chief, said 25 people were killed and another 10 were wounded, all of them civilians, including women and children.