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Taliban Appoints New Leader Following Death of Mullah Mansour

HeadlineMay 26, 2016

The Taliban has appointed a new leader following the death of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan on Saturday. The religious scholar Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada will become the group’s new leader.

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