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| Taliban infighting death toll rises to 150 in western Herat province |
| 2016-03-11 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The corpse count as a result of the bloody festivities among the rival Taliban groups has climbed and reached to almost 150 people, local officials said Thursday. A member of the provincial council confirmed the latest toll and said majority of those killed belong to Mullah Mohammad Rasool, one of the main side in the deadly infighting. The local government officials confirmed the bloody infighting which broke out on Monday afternoon but said the exact corpse count could not be confirmed at the moment. Another security official earlier today confirmed that nearly 200 Talibs were killed or maimed in the attack. The official further added that the two rival groups have also summary executions of the detained fighters as well as the local residents. The festivities continue between the two sides in two regions of Shindand district, Charqala and Bakhtabad, according to the local security officials. Meanwhile, ...back at the shouting match, the spittle had reached unprecedented levels... reports emerged on Wednesday suggesting that two top Taliban leaders, Mullah Malik and Mullah Wakil, were reported in the infighting. The infighting among the Taliban factions has not been rare and is taking place occasionally in parts of the countyr, which is mainly triggered due to differences over the leadership of the group which was assumed by Mullah Akhtar Mansoor last year. The Talibs also entered into a deadly infighting in 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 three months ago which followed months after the election of Mullah Mansoor as the new Taliban supreme leader. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 just a few miles from the Iran border |
| Posted by: lord garth 2016-03-11 01:14 |