Title: Al-Qaida Leader Promises Loyalty to Taliban Chief
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/389/alq_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Al-Qaida Leader Promises Loyalty to Taliban Chief' data-article-id='723'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8979'>Al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri reportedly has promised allegiance to the new head of the Taliban.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='8979' data-end-time='15896'>The al Qaida leader appears to have made the statement in an online voice recording. </span> <span data-start-time='15896' data-end-time='31458'>The recording expresses support for the choice of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour to replace supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar who, the Taleban said, died in late July.</span> <span data-start-time='31458' data-end-time='38229'>Intelligence sources tell VOA that U.S. officials are studying the video.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/389/alq_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' 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style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/389/what_does_allegiance_mean.m4a'>What does allegiance mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='loyalty to someone or something'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/389/to_restart_something.m4a'><span>to restart something</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/389/loyalty_to_someone_or_something.m4a'><span>loyalty to someone or something</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/389/a_public_opinion_study.m4a'><span>a public opinion study</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/389/no_religious_affiliation.m4a'><span>no religious affiliation</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question 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Al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri reportedly has promised allegiance to the new head of the Taliban.
The al Qaida leader appears to have made the statement in an online voice recording. The recording expresses support for the choice of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour to replace supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar who, the Taleban said, died in late July. Intelligence sources tell VOA that U.S. officials are studying the video.
