Breakaway Taliban Faction Names New Leader in Afghanistan

Date: 16 August 2016 - 21:29

News ID: ۳۰۱۰۷

KABUL (Tasnim) – A breakaway Taliban faction in Afghanistan has appointed a new leader for the group, the nephew of the faction's leader who was killed last year.
The development was announced in a video, which was obtained by The Associated Press. It says that Mullah Emdadullah Mansoor was named leader of the faction known as Mahaaz-e-Dadullah at a gathering in southern Zabul province.
The meeting was attended by tribal and religious leaders, as well as the group's local commanders.
The video shows Mansoor accepting the leadership position among a crowd of gunmen. He is the nephew of Mullah Mansoor Dadullah who was killed in Khak-e-Afghan district of Zabul last year, fighting with rival Taliban.
Mansoor promised to "fight foreign forces" and exact revenge for the group's slain leader.