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A Look At Taliban's Different Factions
[Tolo News] After the death of the Taliban's former leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, the Taliban split into two main factions -- the first one led by Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour and the second led by Mullah Mohammad Rasoul...  Leader of a rival faction of the Afghan Taliban. He's probably not long for this world.....TOLOnews news hound Sharif Amiri has assessed the issue in a special report. According to him, Mullah Akhtar Mansour has two deputies -- including Haibatullah Akhundzada ...Deputy to Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour... and Sirajuddin Haqqani ...son of Pashtun warlord Jalaluddin Haqqani, still titular head of the Haqqani Network.... , the leader of Haqqani network. He said the Quetta Shura ...Mullah Omar's command center, located in Quetta, that the Pak govt hasn't been able to find since its establishment in November, 2001. Honest... (Council) has 18 members, which has the responsibility of making Taliban's strategies. The council is considered as the main factor behind the war in Afghanistan, Sharif said. Based on him, another group which is led by Mullah Rasoul has focused more on Afghanistan. Mullah Manan Niazi ...deputy to Taliban faction supremo Mullah Mohammad Rassoul Nowrozi... and Mullah Baz Mohammad ...deputy to Taliban faction supremo Mullah Mohammad Rassoul Nowrozi... Haris are his deputies, Sharif said in his report. He added that he has found that Pakistain has little control over the Taliban faction led by Mullah Rasoul. The group led by Mullah Rasoul is more interested to join the grinding of the peace processor -- compared to other factions of Taliban, he added. In addition he said there are a number of key Taliban leaders in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates... , including Abbas Stanikzai ...Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, Head of the Taliban political office in Doha. He was a member of Rassoul Sayyaf's group in the war against the Soviets.... , head of the office, Mullah Jan Mohammad Madani, Mullah Shahabuddin Dilawar, Suhail Shahin, Mohammad Zahid Ahmadzai and Abdul Salam Hanafi. According to him, the Qatar Taliban office has the responsibility of Taliban's foreign policy. This office takes orders from Quetta Shura, the report said. According to the report, there are five key members of Taliban -- including Mullah Fazil Akhund, Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwah, Mullah Abdulhaq Wasiq, Mullah Noorullah Noori and Mullah Mohammad Nabi Omari. Sharif said that the Taliban is not the only problem for Afghanistan; there are up to 5,000 foreign rebels, including Arab, Chechen and Uzbek fighters, fighting against security forces in Afghanistan. It is believed that if the Taliban agrees to peace with the Afghan government, the groups will still pose a threat to the country's security. Posted by: Fred 2016-01-22 |
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