The Taliban captured the weapons and ammunition depot of Mawlawi Amanuddin, their Air Force commander
KUNDUZ, March 9 - Sangar, Jamshid Badakhshi. Previously, high-ranking non-Pashtun commanders were removed from military posts and promoted to civilian positions.
A source close to Qari Fasihuddin, the Taliban chief of staff, told the Sangar website, that two days ago, a Taliban group seized a weapon and ammunition depot belonging to Mawlawi Amanuddin Mansour in the Kishm district of Badakhshan province.
“The Taliban confiscated weapons and ammunition, such as grenade launchers, Russian and American assault rifles - Kalashnikov, M4 and M16, etc., belonging to this Taliban official in the Farjagani village of the Kishm district, and delivered them to Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, in four trucks. Amanuddin ordered his men not to put up any resistance,” the source said.
Thus, the Taliban are disarming non-Pashtun commanders. Over the past ten days, a number of prominent non-Pashtun Taliban commanders have been removed from their posts and placed in positions that prevent them from participating in hostilities.
For example, Qari Salahuddin Ayubi, an Uzbek Taliban commander who was deputy commander of the 203rd "Tundar" Corps, was appointed deputy minister of rural development. Mawlavi Ataullah Omari, commander of the 209th "Fath" Corps in the north, was also fired and appointed deputy defense minister for logistics.
Interestingly, Mavlawi Amirkhan Haqqani, a high-ranking member of the Haqqani Network, replaced him*. Haji Malikhan, a relative of Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban interior minister, and leader of the Haqqani Network, was also appointed as deputy to Kari Fasihuddin, the defense ministry's chief of staff. This appointment will also tie the hands of Tajik Qari Fasihuddin and limit his powers.
Makhdum Alim, a prominent Uzbek Taliban commander, was also arrested earlier. He is accused of spying for previous governments and the United States.
Mawlawi Najib, a high-ranking Tajik Taliban commander in Badakhshan who has a large force, has been held in Kabul since the Taliban came to power. He is not allowed to return to Badakhshan. As a result, according to Sangar's correspondent, his fighters are leaving the Taliban for lack of pay. Last week, for example, 25 Taliban with their weapons left the ranks of the movement and returned home in the village of Kalor, Raghistan district.
The situation in Badakhshan, which was considered a more stable province than others, is also deteriorating. Two days ago, a clash broke out between the Taliban of Jurm and Yaftal inside the provincial police headquarters, because of which four people were injured. On the same day, a Taliban "ranger" was blown up at the Dashti Shuhado intersection, Shahri Jadid quarter, Faizabad city, the center of Badakhshan, as a result of which four people were killed and the rest were injured.
