So apparently they're blowing each other up now. And Taliban spokesperson has termed it barbaric of course. the phrase about irony being so thick that you can cut it with a knife fits perfectly.
While I'm all heart for the wrongly accused ones and pretty liberal when it comes to religion, I can't help but feel a slight twinge of satisfaction about this.
Interesting questions are, what are the states directly involved going to do. Afghanistan might be happy to let them rip each other to shreds and then deal with whoever lives. I'm sure the West will have a similar outlook. Pakistan though, they're close to the Afghan Taliban, unofficially speaking, seeing as how they're mediating with them on the Afghan government's behalf ever since Ashraf Ghani took the office. However there are also fresh rumours that they're funding ISIS at least for the time being.
Should be interesting to watch it unfold now, what with Mullah Omar also gone and the Taliban splintering.
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