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A Divided Taliban Explained | |
2015-12-04 | |
In fact, since the July announcement of his death two years earlier, the Taliban has split into two groups -- one in support of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, who was appointed as 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 successor, an the second group in support of Mullah Mohammad Rassoul Nowrozi as leader. | |
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