RFE: Breakaway Faction Challenges New Taliban Leadership
An upstart challenger is adding some muscle to its claim that it is the legitimate leader of the Taliban.
In the week following its announcement that it was splitting from the Taliban, the High Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has borrowed from the militant group's formal name, chosen a leader, and rallied support in Afghanistan's west.
Now it is directly taking on Taliban fighters in Zabul Province, in the south of the country, in what are seen as the first major fighting between rival Taliban factions.
Mohmand Nostrayar, head of Zabul Province's Arghandab district, has said that at least 50 militants have been killed and dozens injured in heavy clashes since late November 6.
WNU Editor: This is what the future of Afghanistan is beginning to look like .... rival factions, warlords, competing interests (domestic and foreign), and a terribly weak and corrupt central government.
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