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May 26, 2016

Taliban Appoints New Leader Following Death of Mullah Mansour
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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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