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 poses a serious challenge to Mullah Nfansur. both h

an objective of establishing a harsh version of Islam. Moreover, both movements owe their allegiance to Mullah Omar, founder and supreme leader of Afghan Taliban movement. In recent years, the insurgency in Pakistan has grown both in numbers and sophistication as several other Pakistani militant groups formi