Infighting Within The Taliban Is Being Reported In One Part Of Afghanistan

Taliban 'Killing Their Own' In Bid To Wrest Back Control In Sangin -- The Independent

Taliban gunmen have begun assassinating their own rank and file in a desperate bid to stop a remote mountain valley sliding from their grasp, as well as bringing in new commanders to oversee their fightback in Sangin, Afghanistan's most violent district, The Independent can reveal.

They are also attacking tribal elders trying to broker a peace deal between disillusioned members of the insurgency – resentful of Taliban commanders from other tribes and districts ordering them about – and government officials eager for peace.

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My Comment: Losers have no friends or allies .... and for the Taliban in this region of Sangin, retribution is all that they have left now.