article_snippet.sent: the Afghan Taliban has published a bizarre biography of the Afghan Taliban 'charismatic' supreme leader Mullah Omar - praising the one-eyed terrorist's 'special' sense of humour and love of grenade launchers.
article_snippet.sent: In a clear attempt to counter the growing influence of ISIS in the central Asian country, the Taliban propaganda release lavished praise on the extremist in celebration of his 19th year as leader.
article_snippet.sent: Special sense of humour': In a clear attempt to counter the growing influence of ISIS in Afghanistan, the Taliban propaganda release lavished praise on the one-eyed extremist (pictured left and right)
article_snippet.sent: Weapon of choice: the Afghan Taliban's bizarre biography of the Afghan Taliban 'charismatic' supreme leader Mullah Omar praises the one-eyed terrorist's 'special' sense of humour and love of grenade launchers (pictured)
article_snippet.sent: Lionising the militant's 'charismatic personality', The Taliban's bizarre biography of their 'charismatic' supreme leader Mullah Omar also contained several anecdotes of battlefield valour and described the RPG-7 grenade launcher as Mullah Omar 'preferred weapon of choice'.
article_snippet.sent: Jihadi rivalry: the Afghan Taliban clearly fears the growing influence within the Afghan Taliban ranks of the Islamic State - the terrorist organisation led by Iraqi extremist and self-appointed caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (pictured) the Afghan Taliban's surprise move to release his richly-detailed biography, even describing his personal and family life, took security analysts by surprise. '
article_snippet.sent: the Afghan Taliban have posted Omar's biography for several strategic reasons - the most important of which is to counter Daesh influence in the Afghan Taliban ranks,' said Ahmad Sayedi, an expert on the Afghan Taliban, alluding to the Arabic abbreviation for the Islamic State terror group. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Taliban militants have lavished praise on Taliban militants enigmatic supreme leader .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Described jihadi's intense love of Described jihadi's family and RPG missile launchers .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Biography was officially said to have been released in celebration of Mullah Omar's 19th year as leader of the Afghan Taliban .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: But it was also a clear attempt to counter the growing influence of ISIS .
  