Afghan Taliban leaders openly talk about growing internal differences

QUETTA - Afghan Taliban leaders, who decided to speak openly, the growing differences within the Taliban and cynyan growing dispute are so much clearer because the organization's leadership and political direction before Increasingly, the gap in the organization is widening. Internal tensions within the Taliban began to emerge in July 2015, shortly after the announcement of the death of Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, two years after the original death. A faction of the Taliban, led by the High Council of Islamic Emirates, Mullah Mohammad Rasool, had separated from the Taliban's main group - Quetta Shura - and announced it to be an independent party, so that the current rich Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada In the wake of this, the succession of Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour (killed in 2016) should be protested. image Afghan Taliban members gather to meet during Eid in August. Anxiety among Taliban leaders and lower-level members has increased in recent months. image The top Taliban leadership is shown departing from Qatar to travel to Indonesia on July 26. This separation has been a focal point of growing corruption and dissatisfaction among members of the organization. Internal disputes over expanding In recent months, clashes between the Taliban on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border have increased. On August 16 , members of the High Council attacked a mosque in Kachlak near Quetta that killed four people, including Akhundzada's brother Hafiz Ahmadullah. In a separate killing August 17, militants killed another prominent Taliban leader and Mullah Mohammad Azam Akhund, Akhundzada's ally, in Qila Qasim, Kachchalak. Sources also said that the militants August 18 also attacked a Taliban seminary in Gardi Jungle area of ​​Chaghi District, Balochistan, in which Taliban commander Mullah Mera was killed and three others were injured. In Afghanistan, 34 militants were killed and 13 others were injured in clashes in Herat province between supporters of Hibatullah and Rasool on August 6. According to local authorities, more than 600 Taliban members from both sides have either been killed or injured in an internal battle that began in Herat for more than three years. Hundreds of Taliban fighters have even surrendered to local authorities, despite growing pressure from the Afghan army and realizing that the Taliban's war is not "jihad". Taliban leaders face stiff opposition from their supporters as information about their secret businesses and plans to enrich themselves comes under attack , while members of the lower ranks face poverty, illness and death. ۔ Even this situation has led to discontented Taliban fighters who are unwilling to surrender, the "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS), an organization that is killing more and more Taliban members and groups across Afghanistan and Pakistan. Forced to join the occupying territory . Taliban leaders are talking openly "There are serious differences with the current leadership of an Afghan Taliban faction led by the family of former Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar," a senior Taliban leader in Kandahar told Pakistan Forward on condition of anonymity. "This rival faction of the Taliban is also opposed to the nomination of Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada to lead the Taliban movement," he said. According to this Taliban leader, the main problem is the influence of external forces on the faction of Hibatullah who have "hijacked the entire movement." "Some current Taliban leaders in the faction of Hibatullah are trying to use the TTP for external desires," he said. "These internal elements of our Islamic movement are fostering statements of external elements that the Taliban want to use for their strategic design . "The Taliban faction that has close ties with Pakistan, Iran and Russia is violating our Charter," he said. Taliban leaders say, "In the recent peace talks, they want to advance the agenda of their foreign supporters, but we will never let that happen. We are targeting elements in our movement that fool the Afghan nation. Are making. " Now Maulvi Najmuddin, a former Taliban leader based in Nowski, Balochistan, confirmed that the Taliban is facing internal conflicts. "Some prominent Taliban leaders are also opposed to the decisions of the Central Council, which they say are committed to making strategic decisions for the movement," he said. He said the resignation of Syed Tayyab Agha, the leader of the Taliban's political affairs office in Qatar, was also a result of these internal differences. "Since the death of Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, the militant factions of the Afghan Taliban, led by Mullah Mohammad Rasool, have run a parallel shura," Najmuddin said. Leadership fights and crackdowns on rival Taliban members forced some Afghan Taliban members to combine forces with ISIS fighters as they tried to establish their footing in Afghanistan. "Many prominent Taliban rival leaders are now part of ISIS, and there is a lot of resistance against the Taliban in Kunar and other provinces of Afghanistan," Najmuddin said. The uncertain future of Afghanistan Apart from the fundamental differences under the leadership of the Taliban, another major factor is the division's operations, said Rashid Ahmed, a senior analyst with the Islamabad Local Regional Affairs. "These differences are weakening the group but making it difficult for Afghanistan to develop," he said. Ahmad said, "Afghanistan is facing an uncertain political and defense situation; therefore, regional forces are facing obstacles to achieve their goals on the Afghan soil." "Internal differences in the Tehreek-e-Taliban are seriously damaging the Taliban's strategic interests," he said. "Over the past few years, we have seen a major change in the internal policy of the Afghan Taliban, and it is clear that some factions within the Taliban look at peace negotiations," he said. "A stable and peaceful Afghanistan can play an important role in regional peace," he added. Talat Shabir, a senior Islamabad local defense analyst, said, "The peace talks in Afghanistan have been due to internal conflicts with the Taliban, and regional forces continue to work with the Taliban to influence Afghanistan. Are. " "The escalating war between the Afghan Taliban [factions] has led to a lot of bloodshed, and over the past few years, many prominent Taliban leaders have lost their lives in competition," Shabbir said. "Regional countries see the Taliban as a means of securing their interests in Afghanistan; therefore, they are supporting groups within the Taliban," he said.