[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least 18 Talibs were killed in the latest infighting among the Taliban factions in southern Helmand...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province of Afghanistan, local officials said Monday.
A local security official speaking on the condition of anonymity said the festivities between the supporters of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor and Mullah Mohammad Rasool broke out in Marjah district on Sunday.
The official further added that the shootout still continue between the two sides as nearly 18 Death Eaters have bit the dust.
The festivities reportedly broke out among the Taliban factions after the supporters of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor started fight against the supporters of Mullah Rasool.
The 205th Corps of the Afghan National Army also confirmed the infighting the and said clahes still continue in various parts of Marjah which followed after Mullah Mansoor’s Death Eaters attempted to disarm the Death Eaters of Mullah Rasool.
Mullah Rasool is an arch rival to the self-declared Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mansoor who oppose with the leadership of Mansoor as successor 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...
The latest infighting among the Taliban factions comes almost two months after the supporters of the two factions clashed 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, leaving nearly 200 Death Eaters dead.