The Taliban on Friday formally announced their new leader, saying he had been running the insurgent group’s operations for years in the absence of former leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.

Published August 31, 2015•Updated on August 31, 2015 at 12:57 pm Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor became Taliban's new chief last month after the announcement that longtime leader Mullah Omar had ...

By Rahim Faiez •Published August 1, 2015•Updated on August 1, 2015 at 6:54 am The new leader of the Afghan Taliban vowed to continue his group's bloody, nearly 14-year insurgency in an audio ...

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Little was known about Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor when he was unveiled as leader of the Afghan Taliban last month. The announcement that the Taliban’s former aviation ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A dissident faction of the Afghan Taliban said negotiations with new militant leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor had failed, a development that is likely to split the ...

The Afghan Taliban on Saturday released an audio tape of Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansoor, who was elected as the new leader of the insurgent group earlier this week. The half an hour Mansoor's ...

Mansoor is a former aviation minister in the Taliban regime. He was appointed Thursday following the apparent death of Mullah Omar, who sheltered al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden before and after ...

Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansoor, who has been tapped to succeed Mullah Mohammad Omar as the Taliban's leader, is said to have close ties with authorities in Pakistan.Mullah Mansoor's closeness to ...

Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor became Taliban’s new chief last month after the announcement that longtime leader Mullah Omar had been dead for two years. The announcement sparked a leadership ...