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Afghanistan
Atta Noor Warns Of Taliban Division After Mullah Omar's Death
2015-08-05
[Tolo News] The acting governor of northern Balkh province, Atta Mohammad Noor on Tuesday warned of a split among the Taliban after confirmation 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...
's death.

Noor's comment amid reports of rising tension among the Taliban over the appointing of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour as the new leader of the group.

The crisis in the Taliban leadership emerged after Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was appointed as the group's new leader.

"Defeating the Taliban is a very real possibility right now and this is the right moment to fight the Taliban," Atta Mohammad Noor said in an interview with the News Agency that Dare Not be Named.

He emphasized that the death of Mullah Omar is a perfect opportunity for the Afghan government to push the grinding of the peace processor.

He says that Kabul
...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
should "take control of the grinding of the peace processor" and urged the government to act quickly and call on neighboring countries, as well as the United States, Britannia and the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
, to push the peace talks process forward.

Pakistain hosted the first round of the peace talks with the Afghan government officials and the Taliban in early July, and holds the key to the grinding of the peace processor, Noor said.

"They [Pak officials] can bring the Taliban to the table," Noor said. "Their influence has been proven beyond doubt."

A number of analysts were however optimist that the Afghan government should use the Taliban's current problems to the country's benefit.

"The government of Afghanistan must have a good use of this opportunity because most of the Taliban members who are not part of this project are in a state of suspicion and in this situation, we can make good hunts," former deputy at the Ministry of Interior, Mirza Mohammad Yarmand said.
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