Taliban Will Release Recording to Prove Leader Alive; Floodwaters recede in Chennai, 14 Killed Due to Power Outage; ISIS Targets Pakistani Media

Afghanistan Bonus Read: “Islamic State: Why Afghanistan isn’t panicking – yet,” by Scott Peterson (CSM) Taliban say they will release recording to prove leader alive On Friday, Taliban officials continued to deny claims that new leader Mullah Akhtar Muhammad Mansour was killed or wounded, and promised to release an audio recording of him to prove ...