Taliban conduct raids at closed Indian embassies in 2 cities: Intel
Reports say Taliban broke into Indian consulates at Herat, Kandahar and took away parked vehicles
While Haqqani network cadre are largely controlling Kabul, the Taliban faction headed by Mullah Yaqoob, son of the late Mullah Omar and head of Taliban military commission, is planning the take over of power and government from Kandahar, the traditional seat of Pashtuns. Mullah Barader met Mullah Yaqoob after he arrived from Doha on August 18. It was in Kandahar that Mullah Yaqoob’s father was declared Emir ul Momeen on April 4, 1996. The religious head of Taliban, Mullah Haibatullah Akundzada, is still based in Karachi in Pakistan.
Although negotiations are on within the Taliban leadership on the formation of government at Kabul, the Pakistan based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a fellow Deobandi terrorist group, is apparently demanding a stake in the Afghan pie with jagirs or land in south Afghanistan. With the ascent of Taliban in Kabul, there is a celebration both within the JeM as well as their handlers in Rawalpindi as troves of cash and top-of-the-line US weapons and military vehicles have been seized by the invaders.
While India and its close allies are in a wait and watch mode, the Taliban are getting support from Britain whose Chief of Defence Staff General Nick Carter is openly lobbying for the Sunni Pashtun group to be given a chance at Kabul.