A bogeyman in certain political circles within Afghanistan, the new Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour is lauded at home and abroad for his relatively lenient, conciliatory stance towards the ...

A number of leading members of the Taliban, including former chief Akhtar Mansour, studied here. Rescue teams rushed to the site and removed the bodies and evacuated the injured to the hospital.

The drone strike that targeted the Taliban leader points to a troubling future for Pakistan’s largest province.

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