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......

Pak finally confirms Mansour's death after Taliban appoints new chief

Pakistan on Thursday confirmed the death of Mullah Akhtar Mansour, left, five days after the Taliban chief was killed in a United States drone strike in its troubled Balochistan province while......

Taliban faces leadership crisis post Mansour's death

Days after Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a United States drone attack, the deadly militant group is struggling to find his successor. The two main contenders -- Mullah......

Taliban leader Mansour killed in US drone attack in Pak

Afghan Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a rare United States drone strike deep inside Pakistan, Afghanistan announced on Sunday, inflicting a body blow to the insurgents and......