PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): A dissident Taliban leader, who refused pledging allegiance to the movement’s new head, has been detained by Pakistani security personnel, a claim rejectd by the Taliban's splinter group's spokesman.
Mullah Muhammad Rasool was chosen as head of the breakaway faction in early November by the Taliban opposed to Mullah Akhtar Mansoor’s appointment as the group’s supremo.
Rasool was arrested after he had fled recent infighting in southern Zabul province, where dozens of . . .
