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.
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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.