The
Taliban have put the son of the movement's feared founder in charge of their
MILITARY wing and added several powerful figures to their negotiating team, Taliban officials said.
The shake-up, one of the most significant in years, comes ahead of expected talks with
Kabul aimed at ending decades of war in
Afghanistan.
As head of a newly united military wing, 30-year-old Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob brings his father's fiercely uncompromising reputation to the battlefield.