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Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor. (AFP/File)

May 22nd, 2016 - 06:00 GMT

US airstrike targets Taliban leader in eastern Afghanistan

A US airstrike targeting Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor appears to have been successful.

Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor called for the Taliban to continue its military campaign after replacing Mullah Mohammad Omar as supreme leader. (AFP/File)

August 2nd, 2015 - 05:51 GMT

New Afghan Taliban chief rejects peace talks, calls them ‘propaganda’

There's a new Taliban leader, and to the media, he's just as mysterious as Omar. (AFP/File)

July 31st, 2015 - 10:57 GMT

Three things to take from the Taliban’s statement on Mullah Omar