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Ex-Taliban webmaster killed as tensions intensify among rival groups
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A senior Taliban group member who was previously serving as the group’s webmaster has been killed as tensions intensify among the rival Taliban groups.According to the local government officials in Kandahar, the ex-webmaster of the Taliban, Bashir Ahmad Rayan was killed almost two months after he was kidnapped. Provincial police chief Gen. Abdul Razaq has said Rayan was originally a resident of Qarabagh district of southeastern Ghazni province and was actively working for the media wing of the group when he was kidnapped from Kandahar province two months ago. He said Rayan has been murdered as a result of the intensifying tensions among Mullah Akhtar Mansoor and Mullah Mohammad Rasool supporters. According to Gen. Raziq, Rayan was a student of Kandahar university and was also writing for the Taliban group. The Talibs group has been mourning his death which comes as nearly 200 ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... province. Meanwhile, ...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Nunzio had his hands full of angry bleached blonde... the Taliban group reject intensifying tensions among the rival groups but the officials in western and southern parts of the country are saying they are closely monitoring the growing tensions among the group which sparked following the confirmation of Mullah Omar ... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality... ’s death. Posted by: Fred 2016-03-31 |
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