Yaqoob is proposed as the successor to his father.
If this happens, the Taliban movement could formally split into two factions headed by two “ameers” - Mansour and Yaqoob.
However, efforts are still being made to avoid a formal split or the appointment of two heads of the previously disciplined Taliban movement. Mansour also held meetings with Yaqoob and Mulla Abdul Mannan, the younger and lone surviving brother of Mulla Omar. He reportedly offered senior positions to both. Yaqoob was offered the job of head of the military commission. Mannan was given the offer to head the Dawat-i-Jalb wa Jazb Commission, which is tasked with contacting and luring the government soldiers, policemen, employees and others to defect and join the Taliban. Both reportedly declined the offer.
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