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KABUL: The Afghan Taliban Saturday said they would soon release an audio message from leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, in a bid to quash fevered speculation that he was killed in an internal firefight.

KABUL: Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was injured in a firefight following a verbal dispute at a meeting of militant commanders in Pakistan, officials said, exposing the deep divisions within the fractious militant movement.