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    World Taliban Confirms Death of Former Leader, Announces Replacement

    The Afghan Taliban has confirmed the death of leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in a U.S. airstrike and named the group's chief justice as his replacement early Wednesday. Mansour was killed on Saturday in a U.S. airstrike in southwest Pakistan — the first time since the beginning of the Afghan...
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