mansoor serve as the aviation minister.r glasse reports ottoman first that he has replaced mullah omar. >> reporter: knew lahr omar was the spiritual leader and military commander of the taliban. famously reclusive only a few photographs of him exist. the fbi offered millions of dollars for information on his whereabouts. that remained a mystery in the final years of his life. communications from him came through the taliban's website usually on holidays or anniversaries. it was never clear if they were really his words. as a young man, he was a fighter battling the soviet army's occupation of afghanistan during the 1980s. his confidante described to al jazerra how mullah omar became the self proclaimed amir of of began stan. >> which the taliban was arising they needed a leader and eventually it's taliban chose him because he had 30 people and he had some weapons to use. the second reason he was a famous and well viewed person. >> reporter: his 30 fighters became thousands. the taliban took over afghanistan in 1996. under

they have announced their new leader mullah akhtar mansoor.e has been notable for assertibling his position for standing up to the leader of the al jazeera america al jazeera america. he told him to back off from afghanistan. before the taliban was overthrown during the u.s. invasion of afghanistan in 2001. monsieur -- mansoor served in the government. >> reporter: mullah omar was the spiritual leader of the taliban. the fbi offered millions of dollars for information on his whereabouts, that remained a mystery in the final years of his life. communications from him, came through the taliban's website, usually on halladays or anniversaries. it was never clear if they were really his words. he was a sfieter battling the soviet army's occupation of afghanistan during the 1980s. his confidante described how he became the self proclaimed emir of afghanistan. >> the taliban chose him because he had 30 people and he had some weapons to use. the second reason he was a famous [ inaudible ] person. >> reporter: his 30 fighters became thousands. the tal

jazeera that its spiritual leader mullah omar is dead, it has also announced his replacement, akhtar mansoor'll have the latest from kabul in a couple of minutes. >> reporter: mullah omar was the spiritual leader and military commander of the taliban. only a few photographs of him exist. the fbi offered millions of dollars for information on his whereabouts. that remains a mystery in the final years of his life. communications from him came through the taliban's website, usually on holidays or anniversaries. it was never clear if they were really his words. as a young man he was a fighter, battling the soviet army's occupation of afghanistan during the '80s. his confident described to he became the self proclaimed emir of afghanistan. >> when the taliban was arising the need to have a leader eventually the taliban chose him because he had 30 people and he had some weapons to use. the second reason he was a famous [ inaudible ] person. >> reporter: his 30 fighters become thousands. the taliban took over afghanistan in 1996. under omar's command, the taliban established security and order in a

the new leader is mullah mansoor who has been his deputy for three years.tion is mound that go debris found on an island in the indian ocean could belong to the missing airliner mh370 the object appears to be part i've wing. and israel's parliament has passed a controversial law allowing for the force feeding of prisoners on hunger strikes. now, in other stories we are following the british prime minister david cameron has been criticized for using the world warm to describe the number of migrants trying to enter britain through the channel tunnel. there have been nearly 4,000 attempts this week alone. from calais, barnaby phillips reports. >> reporter: british workmen are in france reinforcing defenses around the euro tunnel complex. they hope this will be enough to keep migrants out and stop them from boarding trucks and trains to try to get across the channel channel. in britain the newspapers are increasingly shrill. something must be done to keep migrants out. the french are not up to the job is the sentiment. the prime minister sensitive to the mood a

foot soldiers here in afghanistan are respecting and also they accept the new leader mullah akhtar mansoor. there were some dispute among the taliban leadership, there were some other taliban commanders that they were not respecting after mullah akhtar mansoor. foot soldier in afghanistan they hide the news from their soldiers. now the time will tell us how much it will affect the war in this country and the taliban soldier here. >> the taliban were enpower in afghanistan until 2001. we have a report on the rise and fall of the taliban. >> a conservative movement born in rural afghanistan the word taliban means religious student. in the power strag that will followed the soviet withdrawal from afghanistan in the 1980's, they became the foot soldiers in a war that would lead to the creation of a new puritanical state. they sided with wasn'ty foreign fighters that arrived with the mujahedeen. they wanted to rid afghanistan of corrupt war records and restore security, a message greeted with optimism at first but in reality meant strict laws. music and television were banned and girl schools c

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presents of osama bin laden,nest last seen in public in thousand one, the taliban has named mullah mansoorhis successor. >>> turkish authorities say three of its soldiers have been killed by turkish fighters. it happened during an assault on a turkish battalion. turkish stepped up attacks against kurdish rebels inside neighbor be turkey and iraq. it has also carried out airstrikes against isil. >>> earlier we spoke to a former member of the turkish parliament and a fellow at the foundation of defense of democracies. he says the latest moves are complicating turkey's role in the fight against isil. >> turkey has been a reluctant ally, reluctant nato ally in the fight against ice ic isis and sr refused to allow u.s. force to his use their air base, only after the suicide attack in turkey, turkey allowed u.s. force to his use the base. and this involvement will probably bring turkey, u.s. and pyd in to conflict. because p.y.d. is one of the main allies of the u.s., literally the boots on the ground in the fight against isis. however, a.k.p. government and especially prison under juan had been

the new leader is mansoor who was his deputy for three years.ings is mound that go debris found on the i want i can't understand ocean could long for mh370. the object which appears to be part of a wing has washed up on recipients union island east of madagascar. >>> israel's parliament has passed allow allowing for force feeding of -- feeding of prison prisoners on hunger strike. >>> nearly 4,000 people have attempted to make the crossing this week alone. security is being tightened to try to bolster the entrance to the channel tunnel. from calais, here is barnaby phillips. >> reporter: british workmen are in france reinforcing defenses around the euro tunnel complex. they hope this will be enough to keep my migrants out and stop them from boarding trucks and trains to try to get across the channel. in britain, the newspapers are increasingly shrill. something must be done to keep migrants out. the french are not up to the job is the sentiment. the prime minister sensitive to the mood at home, used perhaps insensitive language to describe the s

omar's deputy, mullah akhtar mansoor, was elevated to lead the group by the taliban's supreme council. but that put a second round of peace talks between the afghan government and taliban on hold, as they assessed the new leadership. >> woodruff: hundreds of migrants from the mediterranean stormed the channel tunnel that links france and britain today. riot police were deployed to the northern french port town of calais to secure the passageway. british prime minister david cameron warned his country won't become a safe haven for migrants. cordelia lynch of independent television news has our report. >> reporter: crawling through a small hole in a fence, this is how many migrants get around the railside defenses before they make a perilous walk to the channel tunnel along train tracks. this scene is played out throughout the day but navigating their way to a better life is fraught with risk. it's a continuous game of cat and mouse. many have fled war but they can't escape conflict. the migrant problem has been rumbling for 20 years, simmering beneath it a standoff between both sides o