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2021-05-13 Afghanistan
Herat: Taliban splinter group’s prominent commander injured, left in a coma
[KhaamaPress] Mullah Abdul Mannan Niazi, the deputy leader of a splinter group of Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
led by Mullah Rasul, was maimed in a clash in western Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
province on Tuesday evening, sources said.

Deputy leader of splinter group Mullah Abdul Mannan Niazi was injured in a skirmish in western Herat province on Tuesday.

This group of the Taliban is led by Mullah Rasul, the incident reportedly happened at around 10 pm local time in the Guzara district of Herat province.

According to reports, Tahrik-e-Taliban (Pakistain-based Taliban) affiliates attacked the group’s splinter branch in Duzara district where "Niazi" used to live.

Niazi suffered injuries on his head and is under treatment at a regional hospital, the concussion left him in coma.

Local reports indicate three of his men were killed and four others were maimed during the skirmish.

The cause of the festivities between the two Taliban groups has not yet been determined.

The Taliban faction group had previously opposed Mullah Akhtar Mansour as Mullah Mohammad Blinky 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. Died of an unspecified ailment in a Pak hospital...
’s successor, Mansour was later killed in a US Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
back in 2016.
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