ssa. including Mullah Omar - even Prez Ghani has sent him an emissary to intervene): & almost all agree that in the past 5-6 years, i.e. well before Mullah Omar's death. Mullah Mansur has ably run Afghan Taliban affairs as well as the Quetta Shunt 4. A vital point is that there is no other senior figure who po

talks, the forum dedicated to find a regional solution to the Afghan issue. And in fact, Tehran was much more implacable than Washington in opposing Mullah Omar's regime. Before 2001, however worrisome the situation in Afghanistan was, the US did not see Afghanistan as a top priority. As for Iran, already by