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Afghanistan: Taliban splinter group appoints new leader

Afghanistan: Taliban splinter group appoints new leader

India Blooms News Service | | 21 Aug 2016, 09:45 pm
Kabul, Aug 21 (IBNS): A Taliban splinter group, led by Mullah Rasoul, has appointed Mullah Abdul Rauf Arafi as the new leader, media reports said.

The group’s spokesman Mullah Abdul Rahman Niazi  told Pajhwok Afghan News Mullah Arafi had been appointed by a 13-member executive council of the group.

The new leader is a resident of Kandahar province.
 

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