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Top Taliban Commander Resigns, Revealing Major Rift in the Leadership

Afghanistan Withdrawal

He was supposed to be number two to Mullah Omar, and he still commands loyal troops in embattled Helmand province, but Mullah Abdul Qayam Zakir has resigned – or been sacked.

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