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This is an unclassified, For Official Use Only news compilation produced by the US Embassy Kabul Public Affairs Office and distributed by the Open Source Center on 15 August 2015. It was later approved for release by the Central Intelligence Agency in 2018. It gathers Afghan, Pakistani and international press reports on an anti-Pakistan protest in Washington, China's support for Afghan peace talks, the combat debut of Afghan MD-530 helicopters, hostage releases in Ghazni and unemployment in Kunduz. It contains nothing about UFOs.
Print Mcssagc(s) H _ Approved for Release: 2018/O9./O4 C06708887 _ A Page 26 bf49 - UNCLASSlFIED77'lfiHQ\' _ '» ' ' Mullah Mansour said in a statement yesterday that "I... accept the pledge of allegiance of the esteemed (Zawahiri)... and thank him for... his pledge and pledge of all mujahideen under him." _ ‘ Al—Zawahiri who is believed to be seeking refuge along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan announced his allegiance to Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour last week and accepted him as his Emir. We pledge our allegiance_..: (to) our lord, leader of the faithful, ' Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansour, may_god protect him." Al—Zawahiri‘s said in online message. ~ ‘ , > ~ Taliban announced Mullah Mansour as the successor for Mullah Mohammad ' _ Omar after his death was confirmed by the militant group last month. - ' A _ w . - But some senior members of the group reportedly do not agree with the ' _ . new selection and want Mullah Mansour to leave this post. Reports suggest that both opposing parties are approaching clerics within their ranks to ease tensions and find a solution to the leadership crisis. 1 _ . nttpz//www.k¢aara.ccr/rt..a1—ransc:r—wc.cowcs—eIIcgiancc—cf—al— gaeda- - _ ~ _ chief—ayman ' " —al—zawahiri—3763' ‘ Y Return to Table of Contents .3 Taliban dead, 6 wounded in Shindand infighting — Pajhwok Afghan News _ .* 0 . 15 August 2015 V 9 \ - .' '\ J Herat City -— At least three Taliban fighters have been killed and six more wounded in internal clash in the Shindand district of \ western Herat province, an official said. G _ Ehsanullah Hayat, the governor's spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan News the firefight erupted on Friday at around 7: 00 pm and lasted until late night. . ' i i UNCLASSlFIED77FOU'O'_. I ~ _ ' 8/23/2017 Approved for Release: 2018/09/04 C06708887
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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 49 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.