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This handout file photo released by the Afghan Taliban on 3 December 2015, which was taken on a mobile phone in mid-2014 is said to show Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour posing for a photograph at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan. Picture: Handout/Afghan Taliban/AFP

Afghan taliban founder mullah omar

Late Taliban leader was planning attacks on Americans, says US

By Reuters

US forces targeted Mansour because he was plotting attacks that posed specific imminent threats to US.

  • FILE: This picture taken in Kandahar on July 31, 2015 shows a calendar bearing the image of the Afghan Taliban’s deceased leader Mullah Omar. Picture: AFP

    Taliban’s Omar died of natural causes in Afghanistan, says son

    The Taliban in July officially confirmed Mullah Omar had been dead for more than two years.

    2524 days ago
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