Breakaway Afghan Taliban faction picks new leader

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Kandahar, Nov 5 A breakaway Afghan Taliban faction today claimed to have elected their leader.

This is likely to further deepen the split within the insurgency group.

A spokesman for the dissidents, said that Mullah Mohammad Rasool has been voted in as the Taliban’s “supreme leader.”

The differences among various Taliban leaders have been festering since July, when Afghanistan’s intelligence service announced the death of Mullah Mohammad Omar.

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