KABUL - The acting governor of northern Balkh province, Atta Mohammad Noor on Tuesday warned of a split among the Taliban after confirmation of Mullah Omar's death.

Noor's comment amid reports of rising tension among the Taliban over the appointing of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour as the new leader of the group.

The crisis in the Taliban leadership emerged after Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was appointed as the group's new leader.

"Defeating the Taliban is a very real possibility right now and this is the right moment to fight the Taliban," Atta Mohammad Noor said in an interview with the Associated Press.

He emphasized that the death of Mullah Omar is a perfect opportunity for the Afghan government to push the peace process.

He says that Kabul should "take control of the peace process" and urged the government to act quickly and call on neighboring countries, as well as the United States, Britain and the European Union, to push the peace talks process forward.

Pakistan hosted the first round of the peace talks with the Afghan government officials and the Taliban in early July, and holds the key to the peace process, Noor said.

"They [Pakistani officials] can bring the Taliban to the table," Noor said. "Their influence has been proven beyond doubt."

A number of analysts were however optimist that the Afghan government should use the Taliban's current problems to the country's benefit.

"The government of Afghanistan must have a good use of this opportunity because most of the Taliban members who are not part of this project are in a state of suspicion and in this situation, we can make good hunts," former deputy at the Ministry of Interior, Mirza Mohammad Yarmand said.

The Ministry of Interior also hopes that with the confirmation of Mullah Omar's death the war will decrease in country.

"We hope the situation will change. The Afghans in particular hope the insurgents will renounce war [because] they [Taliban] cannot reach their objective through fighting," a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, Sediq Sediqqi said.

Before this, Mullah Mansour vowed to continue the group's 14-year insurgency in country in a newly released audio message. Currently however, Afghan security forces are caught up in heavy battles with local and foreigners insurgents in the northern provinces.