While the Taliban publicly disavowed the new group, Mullah Dadullah Front, Afghan intelligence officials depicted it as a faction of the Taliban.
In Afghanistan, New Insurgent Group Emerges
By ROD NORDLAND, New York Times
Sat, 05/19/2012 - 10:44am
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