Afghanistan seeks to establish fate of 'injured' Taliban chief

Afghan officials scrambled Thursday to establish whether Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour was still alive, after sources said he was critically wounded in a firefight following a bitter argument with commanders in the divided militant movement. It remains unclear whether Mansour survived the gunfight, which exposes dissension within Taliban top ranks and threatens to derail a renewed regional push to jump-start peace talks.
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