Taleban Rift Ignites Power Struggle Over Who Controls The Insurgency -- Times Online
Two of the Taleban’s most senior military commanders are involved in a bitter power struggle, which insiders claim has split the insurgents’ leadership council and could turn violent in parts of southern Afghanistan.
The commanders are vying for military control of the insurgency, district elders and mid-level Taleban commanders have told The Times.
Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir and Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor were both named as the successors to Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taleban’s second in command, who was arrested in Pakistan in February.
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My Comment: Is this big news .... probably not. The focus for the Taliban is to defeat the West and their Afghan allies. Squabbling over rank is probably on the bottom of their list of concerns right now. But .... if they start killing each other off .... that changes everything.
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