ISLAMABAD: Following the death of Mullah Omar, dissident Afghan Taliban leaders have formed a ‘shura’ or council, to elect a new chief after controversy surfaced over the election of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, a council’s member said Saturday, according to local media sources.
Mansoor, the former aviation minister in the Taliban government, was elected this week after the Taliban formally confirmed their supreme leader Mullah Omar had died of a protracted illness, reportedly.
A senior member of the powerful leadership council, while speaking to The Express Tribune, said that the council will give Akhtar Mansoor some time to “give up” the top position, sources claimed.
“If he refuses, the council could elect a new leader,” he added.
Taliban faced split after the confirmation of Mullah Omar’s death, who had kept the movement united during his life, reportedly.
