Exclusive: Walkout at Taliban leadership meeting raises specter of split
July 31, 2015 at 08:20 AM EDT
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - At the Taliban meeting this week where Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was named as the Islamist militant group's new head, several senior figures in the movement, including the son and brother of late leader Mullah Omar, walked out in protest.