Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour injured in firefight: officials
December 02, 2015  22:10
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Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was injured in a firefight following a verbal dispute at a meeting of militant commanders in Pakistan, officials said, exposing the deep divisions within the fractious militant movement.

Mansour was seriously injured. He was rushed to hospital and we are not sure if he survived his wounds, Sultan Faizi, the spokesperson for the Afghan first vice president, told AFP.

An Afghan intelligence source confirmed his account, and insurgent sources also said Mansour had been injured.

However, the Afghan Taliban rejected the reports.

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