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Infighting among Taliban in Herat leaves scores of militants dead
 [Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least 24 Talibs have reportedly been killed in the latest infighting among the rival groups in western Herat...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 which ended late on Tuesday. According to the local government officials, the incident took place in Pashtoon Zarghoon district after the supporters of Taliban Chief Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhundzada ...Deputy to Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour... clashed with the dissident Taliban leader Mullah Rasool. Provincial governor’s front man Jilani Farhad said they are aware regarding the latest infighting among the rival Taliban groups. He said preliminary reports suggest at least 7 supporters of Mawlavi Akhundzada have been killed in the infighting and 6 others were maimed. Farhad further added that 11 supporters of Mullah Rasool have also been killed or maimed during the clash. This comes as at least 18 Talibs were killed during an infighting in southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province of Afghanistan earlier last month. Mullah Rasool was an arch rival to the self-declared Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mansoor who who was killed in an He also opposes with the appointment of Mawlavi Akhundzada as the new leader of the Taliban group. Posted by: Fred 2016-06-23 |
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