Taliban names Mullah Akhtar Mansour as new leader

Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, a top Afghan Taliban leader who backed the peace process and a former aviation minister in the pre-2001 Taliban regime, has been appointed as the new chief of the insurgent......

Afghan Taliban chief 'injured' after shootout in Pak

Afghan Taliban's new chief Mullah Akhtar Mansoor was seriously injured in a shootout among the senior commanders of the militant outfit in the border areas of Pakistan following a heated argument,......

Mullah Omar's successor is a pliable Pakistani lackey

'The Mansoor Taliban is really an extension of the Haqqani Network which in turn is an instrument of the ISI.' 'With Ashraf Ghani ready to dance to Pakistani tunes and with the Haqqani Network......

'Godfather of Taliban' Maulana Samiul Haq killed in Rawalpindi

Top Pakistani cleric Maulana Samiul Haq, who was also known as the 'godfather of Taliban', was stabbed to death at his residence in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Friday, his family said. ......