MENA WATCH SPECIAL: DISCORD INSIDE OF THE TALIBAN
Charles Lister 23.9.2021
According to several sources speaking to Bloomberg, Khalil Haqqani punched Mullah Baradar several times in #Kabul’s Presidential Palace, sparking a brief gunfight that killed several guards. Baradar had been pushing for an inclusive government. bloomberg.com/news/articles/
Sources tell Al Jazeera that “discord” within the #Taliban‘s leadership “is very real” — the result of a “political-military divide” in which the military hardliners demand hard-earned influence. aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/23