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Taliban's new leader a 'quiet character'

The Afghan Taliban have announced that religious scholar Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada will be their new leader.

New York Times columnist Mujib Mashal offers his analysis on the replacement for Mullah Akhtar Mansour, who was killed in a US drone strike.

(Photo: Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada. Credit: Offical Taliban handout)

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World at One25/05/2016

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