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| Mullah Omar: Taliban appoints Mullah Akhtar Mansour successor | |
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| The Taliban have appointed a successor to Mullah Omar, their leader who was reported dead by the Afghan government on Wednesday, the BBC has been told. | |
| Mullah Akhtar Mansour, Mullah Omar's deputy, will replace him, sources close to the Taliban leadership said. | |
| Correspondents say the move is likely to divide the militants, and that many senior figures opposed the appointment. | |
| Pakistan says peace talks it was due to hold between the Afghan government and the Taliban have been postponed. | |
| The Taliban had earlier distanced themselves from the talks, which correspondents said was a further sign of division within the group. | |
| It is thought some in the Taliban would have preferred Omar's son to succeed him, and accuse circles within the movement close to Pakistan of imposing Mullah Mansour on them. | |
| There has been no confirmation yet from Pakistan on Omar's death. | |
| The Taliban leader died two years ago in a Karachi hospital according to Afghanistan, but Pakistan has always denied that he was in the country. |