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Although it is too soon to know how these dynamics will play out, analysts and diplomats said the Taliban now faces an acute existential crisis that could lead to a permanent split, with some factions deciding to reconcile with the government and others lured into the embrace of...

The names and nationalities of the foreign military and civilian contractors killed were not released. WAKIL KOHSAR/AFP/Getty Images Afghan firefighters hose down the street outside Camp Integrity Saturday.

He allied himself to the Taliban after they took power in Kabul in 1996, serving as a cabinet minister under the militia’s supreme leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar.

In the fall of 2014 and winter of 2015, Afghan officials said, they intercepted two letters written by disaffected Taliban commanders who both referred to the possible death of Mullah Omar.

Pakistan’s GEO TV, citing unnamed “well-informed” people, reported that the Taliban’s supreme council, made up of the most powerful members, “unanimously” chose Mullah Mansour, when it met in the Pakistani city Quetta this week, to replace...

Though no one has come forward to take responsibility for the attack, it appears to be another aggressive act by Taliban which has been stepping up attacks in last few days after there were reports of rift within the group.

Afghan security forces inspect the site of an attack at the main gate of worldwide Hamed Karzai Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, August 10, 2015.

Kabul-The new Afghan Taliban Chief Mullah Akhtar Mansoor called for unity in the ranks of the movement through his first audio message released Saturday amid reports that deceased former Chief Mullah Omar’s family members “opposed” his selection.

However, the statement did not reveal when and where the meeting was held. This may put him in a position to revive the peace talks.

Heyatullah Amiri, district administrative chief of Khan Abad district, said a suicide bomber on foot targeted a meeting of criminal groups late on Saturday.

Earlier in the day, a massive truck bomb killed at least 15 people in a residential area of Kabul.

The longtime trusted deputy of former leader Mullah Omar is facing staunch internal resistance from some members of the Taliban’s ruling council, the Quetta Shura, who accuse Pakistan of hijacking the movement.

BJP today accused Congress of forcing its Chief Ministers of Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh to retract statements on Naga peace accord and said it “augurs badly” for the country that the opposition party does so on the issue of national security.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Amid deepening rift among the Taliban leadership following Mullah Mohammad Omar’s death confirmation, the Islamic State Of Iraq and Syria (ISSI) terrorist group has claimed breakthrough in its efforts to gain a foothold in the country.