Hide Caption 15 of 16 16 photos: The Taliban Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour became the leader of the Taliban after Omar's death. (CNN) The new Afghan Taliban leader has told commanders and the group's supreme leadership council that there will be no peace talks with the Afghan government, a source in the group reached through an intermediary said Wednesday. Natural choiceMawlawi Haibatullah Akhunzada, named the new Afghan Taliban leader. 16 photos: The Taliban The Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan, was formed in 1994. The new Taliban leader belongs to the Noorzai tribe and is in his late 50s -- although the Taliban claim he is 47 years old -- and hails from the Taliban heartland in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province, according to Agha.

Source: CNN May 25, 2016 22:48 UTC