Rival groups of Taliban militants have clashed in the southern Afghan province of Zabul, killing as many as 80 people in recent days, officials said on Monday, as brewing hostility between factions in the insurgency turned violent.
Government officials and spokesmen for the two main Taliban groups said fierce fighting had been underway since the weekend, with each side blaming the other for starting the violence.
Insurgents who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State may also have been involved.
Seven members of the mainly Shia Hazara ethnic group, including three women and a child, were found with their throats cut on Sunday in an incident police blamed on Islamic State militants.
WNU Editor: Are the Afghan Taliban facing their own civil war? It certainly looks like it.
More News On Taliban - Taliban Fighting In Afghanistan
Taliban factions battling each other over choice of new leader, Afghan officials say -- FOX News/AP
Rival Taliban factions clash in southeastern Afghanistan -- Long War Journal
Intense clashes erupt between rival Taliban groups -- DW
Deadly Taliban inter-fighting erupts in Afghanistan -- News 24
56 killed as rival Taliban factions clash in S. Afghanistan: gov't official -- Xinhua
Infighting: Clashes break out between Afghan Taliban, dissidents -- Express Tribune
Islamic State Joins Taliban Splinter Group In Afghanistan, Fighting Akhtar Mansoor Loyalists -- IBTimes
Breakaway Faction Challenges New Taliban Leadership -- RFE
There’s a new splinter Taliban group that claims to support women’s rights -- Quartz
Afghan Taliban splinter group names Mullah Rasool as leader -- BBC
Breakaway Afghan Taliban Faction Picks Its Leader -- AP
Is There A Civil War Developing Among The Taliban? -- Jonah Bennett, Daily Caller
1 comment:
There have always been competing Warlords/tribes. It's usually money being paid out by a third party to get them to cooperate.
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