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Ex-Afghan Leader, Who Stayed Back After Taliban Takeover, Shot Dead
Gunmen shot dead an Afghan former lawmaker and one of her bodyguards in the capital Kabul in a night-time attack at her home, police said on Sunday.
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Taliban's Supreme Leader: Dead Or Alive?
When the Taliban overran Kabul in mid-August, seizing power for the second time, the years-old mystery over the whereabouts of the movement's Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada deepened further.
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Pak Taliban Chief Believed Dead In US Strike In Afghanistan
The US military said Thursday it carried out a strike targeting a senior terrorist leader in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province, where Pakistani Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah is believed to be hiding.
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A Dubai Trip And A Missed Chance To Capture The Taliban's Leader
In the spring of 2016 senior officials at the White House learned that the head of the Taliban had turned up in Dubai for a few days of shopping and fundraising.
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Afghan Taliban Dismiss Reports Of Slowdown Since Change Of Leader
The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they were launching new operations after the end of the holy month of Ramadan, dismissing reports that they had been weakened following a change of leadership in May.
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Pakistan Confirms Death Of Mullah Akhtar Mansour
Pakistan today confirmed the death of Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a US drone strike in the country while travelling under false name and with a fake Pakistani identity document.
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Pakistan Says Can't Confirm Taliban Leader Killed In US Drone Strike
Pakistan's interior minister said today he could not confirm that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour had been killed in a US drone strike, saying that the body recovered from near the Afghan border was charred beyond recognition.
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Taliban No.2 Haqqani May Be Even More Deadly Foe Than Mansour
Afghan guerrilla commander Sirajuddin Haqqani, a possible successor to Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, would likely prove an even more implacable foe of beleaguered Afghan government forces and their U.S. allies.
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US Drone Strike On Taliban Leader -- What Happens Next?
An American drone strike "likely killed" Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan on Saturday, US officials said.
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Taliban Leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour Killed in US Drone Strike, Confirms Official
A senior commander of the Afghan Taliban confirmed today that the extremist group's leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, has been killed in a US drone strike.
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Taliban Leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour: Man Of War, Not Peace Talks
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who according to US officials was probably killed in a drone strike, took over as head of the insurgent movement last July following the revelation that the group's founder Mullah Omar had been dead for two years.
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At Least 50 Dead in Wave of Attacks on Afghan Army, US Forces in Kabul
A wave of attacks on Afghan army, police and US special forces in Kabul on Friday killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader's death.
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35 Dead, Hundreds Wounded as Suicide Attacks Rock Kabul
Two suicide attacks killed at least 35 people and wounded hundreds more in Kabul on Friday, the first major attacks in the Afghan capital since the announcement of Taliban leader Mullah Omar's death.
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Mullah Mohammad Omar's Son Assassinated: Report
The son of late Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has reportedly been killed, sections of the Afghan media reported today.
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New Taliban Chief Deceived Others About Mullah Omar's Death: Report
Taliban's newly anointed chief, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, may have kept fellow insurgents in the dark for the past two years by claiming to pass orders and messages from Mullah Muhammad Omar, even though he knew that his boss had died in 2013, according to a media report.
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Ex-Afghan Leader, Who Stayed Back After Taliban Takeover, Shot Dead
Gunmen shot dead an Afghan former lawmaker and one of her bodyguards in the capital Kabul in a night-time attack at her home, police said on Sunday.
-
Taliban's Supreme Leader: Dead Or Alive?
When the Taliban overran Kabul in mid-August, seizing power for the second time, the years-old mystery over the whereabouts of the movement's Supreme Leader Hibatullah Akhundzada deepened further.
-
Pak Taliban Chief Believed Dead In US Strike In Afghanistan
The US military said Thursday it carried out a strike targeting a senior terrorist leader in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province, where Pakistani Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah is believed to be hiding.
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A Dubai Trip And A Missed Chance To Capture The Taliban's Leader
In the spring of 2016 senior officials at the White House learned that the head of the Taliban had turned up in Dubai for a few days of shopping and fundraising.
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Afghan Taliban Dismiss Reports Of Slowdown Since Change Of Leader
The Afghan Taliban said on Tuesday they were launching new operations after the end of the holy month of Ramadan, dismissing reports that they had been weakened following a change of leadership in May.
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Pakistan Confirms Death Of Mullah Akhtar Mansour
Pakistan today confirmed the death of Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a US drone strike in the country while travelling under false name and with a fake Pakistani identity document.
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Pakistan Says Can't Confirm Taliban Leader Killed In US Drone Strike
Pakistan's interior minister said today he could not confirm that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour had been killed in a US drone strike, saying that the body recovered from near the Afghan border was charred beyond recognition.
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Taliban No.2 Haqqani May Be Even More Deadly Foe Than Mansour
Afghan guerrilla commander Sirajuddin Haqqani, a possible successor to Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, would likely prove an even more implacable foe of beleaguered Afghan government forces and their U.S. allies.
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US Drone Strike On Taliban Leader -- What Happens Next?
An American drone strike "likely killed" Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Pakistan's southwestern province of Balochistan on Saturday, US officials said.
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Taliban Leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour Killed in US Drone Strike, Confirms Official
A senior commander of the Afghan Taliban confirmed today that the extremist group's leader, Mullah Akhtar Mansour, has been killed in a US drone strike.
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Taliban Leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour: Man Of War, Not Peace Talks
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who according to US officials was probably killed in a drone strike, took over as head of the insurgent movement last July following the revelation that the group's founder Mullah Omar had been dead for two years.
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At Least 50 Dead in Wave of Attacks on Afghan Army, US Forces in Kabul
A wave of attacks on Afghan army, police and US special forces in Kabul on Friday killed at least 50 people and wounded hundreds, dimming hopes that the Taliban might be weakened by a leadership struggle after their longtime leader's death.
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35 Dead, Hundreds Wounded as Suicide Attacks Rock Kabul
Two suicide attacks killed at least 35 people and wounded hundreds more in Kabul on Friday, the first major attacks in the Afghan capital since the announcement of Taliban leader Mullah Omar's death.
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Mullah Mohammad Omar's Son Assassinated: Report
The son of late Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has reportedly been killed, sections of the Afghan media reported today.
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New Taliban Chief Deceived Others About Mullah Omar's Death: Report
Taliban's newly anointed chief, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, may have kept fellow insurgents in the dark for the past two years by claiming to pass orders and messages from Mullah Muhammad Omar, even though he knew that his boss had died in 2013, according to a media report.
