Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has shared a new message in which he pledges loyalty to the new Taliban head. This is the first message from al-Zawahiri since last September.
There is no way to independently verify the recordings authenticity, though.
Mullah Akhtar Mansour, was chosen to replace Mullah Omar, who was confirmed to be dead last month. There were speculations that al-Zawahiri was also killed, but the recent recording would prove that to not have been the case.