'I'm alive': Afghan Taliban issue message from 'leader'
'I'm alive': Afghan Taliban issue message from 'leader'
http://news.yahoo.com/taliban-claim-audio-message-leader-amid-death-reports-203303830.html
Kabul (AFP) - The Afghan Taliban released an audio message Saturday it said was from leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour, vehemently rejecting reports of his death in a firefight with his own commanders as "enemy propaganda".
"I have recorded this message to let everyone know that I am alive," the man purported to be Mansour says in a relaxed drawl.
Multiple reports citing intelligence and insurgent sources had stated that Mansour was wounded or killed on Tuesday in a firefight at an insurgent gathering in Kuchlak.
"I didn't have a fight with anyone, no meeting was held and I have not been to Kuchlak (near Quetta in Pakistan) in years. This is all enemy propaganda," the message added.
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