KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- The Taliban's top political chief in the group's office in Qatar has resigned over the replacement of former leader Mullah Omar, who the militant Islamist group recently admitted was dead.
In a statement, Syed Tayyab Agha said he resigned from the Afghan Taliban to avoid "expected future disputes" because of the way Mullah Akhtar Mansour was chosen to replace Omar, adding that it was "a great historical mistake" that the appointment was influenced in part by some associated with the Pakistani government.