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Taliban chose new leader after Mullah Omar’s death

Snapshot shows a group of Taliban militants

Fayez Khorshid

Press TV, Kabul

The Taliban spokesperson has announced that the group’s leader Mullah Omar died due to severe illness over two years ago. Mullah Omar’s family has also confirmed the news. The Taliban have now chosen a new leader amid mounting power struggle within the group. Press TV’s correspondent Fayez Khorshid brings us the story from Kabul.


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