{"id":1217474,"date":"2022-01-14T22:04:17","date_gmt":"2022-01-15T03:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1217474"},"modified":"2022-01-14T22:04:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T03:04:19","slug":"hundreds-of-jihadis-protest-after-taliban-arrests-one-of-their-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-jihadis-protest-after-taliban-arrests-one-of-their-own\/","title":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Jihadis Protest After Taliban Arrests One of Their Own"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhundreds-of-jihadis-protest-after-taliban-arrests-one-of-their-own%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1217474&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1235622622-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\"><span>Protests broke out in Maimana, capital of Afghanistan\u2019s Faryab province, on Thursday after the Taliban arrested one of their own commanders, Uzbekistan-born Makhdoom Alam. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A veteran battlefield commander and \u201cshadow governor\u201d of Faryab under the Taliban\u2019s \u201cIslamic Emirate of Afghanistan,\u201d Alam was the highest-ranking Uzbek in the Taliban hierarchy before his arrest.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Alam was arrested in Mazar-e-Sharif on Wednesday for murky reasons, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AfghanistanTime\/status\/1481591361883279366\"><span>reportedly<\/span><\/a><span> on the orders of Mullah Fazel Akhund, the Taliban\u2019s deputy defense minister. Maimana was the scene of protests because the population is majority Uzbek, the third-largest ethnic group in Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Taliban has been treating Afghanistan\u2019s Uzbeks poorly ever since it seized power over the summer. In December, Taliban fighters were <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gandhara.rferl.org\/a\/taliban-evictions-uzbeks-turkmen\/31601904.html\"><span>accused<\/span><\/a><span> of evicting over a thousand Uzbeks and Turkmen in northern Afghanistan and giving their property to Pashtuns, the dominant ethnicity in the Taliban. Similar offenses were perpetrated in other towns against the Hazara, a Shiite Muslim minority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Former Faryab governor Naqibullah Fayek <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etilaatroz.com\/134757\/faryab-residents-protest-arrest-of-talibans-senior-commander\/\"><span>told<\/span><\/a><span> local media on Friday he long ago warned Alam the Taliban would betray him once the civilian government in Kabul was overthrown and he was no longer useful.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Fayek warned the Pashtun would purge other ethnic groups from positions of power in the Taliban, and advised Uzbeks to secede from the group. Apparently a good number of Uzbeks in Maimana took his advice to heart:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taliban fighters of the Uzbek nation took control of Maymana district in Faryab province in protest against the arrest of their Uzbek leaders and they disarmed all Pashtun Taliban. All Taliban flags were also removed in the Maymana. Conflict with the Haqqani is expected soon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mygKOGTbjf\">pic.twitter.com\/mygKOGTbjf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frenkie Mark (@FrenkieMark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrenkieMark\/status\/1481637649567809542?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Protesters <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khaama.com\/taliban-commander-arrested-hundreds-took-to-street-in-faryab-province-to-demand-his-release-8768767\/\"><span>accused<\/span><\/a><span> Taliban leaders of persecuting Alam for his race and threatened more vigorous demonstrations in the future if he was not released immediately.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Violent clashes were <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/8am.af\/eng\/clashes-among-taliban-in-faryab-one-civilian-killed-and-another-wounded\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> between Uzbeks and Pashtuns in the streets of Maimana, with at least one fatality reported as of Friday:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pashtun Taliban are escaping from Maimana city center of Faryab providence, following  Uzbek protesters attacked them.<br \/>clash has started when Taliban&#8217;s most senior Uzbek commander,Makhdoom Alam been arrested<br \/>in Mazar-e-Sharify by Mullah Fazel, Taliban&#8217;s deputy defense minister. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XDFzwApCj9\">pic.twitter.com\/XDFzwApCj9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 khalilminawi (@khminawi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/khminawi\/status\/1481607952205242368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>According to some <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hhesam_\/status\/1481702397542080513\"><span>reports<\/span><\/a><span>, the Uzbeks effectively took control of the city and drove the Pashtun Taliban out.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>There have been several previous <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2021\/11\/12\/taliban-afghanistan-pakistan-factions-fighting-division-unity\/\"><span>reports<\/span><\/a><span> of infighting in the \u201cIslamic Emirate,\u201d including a possible schism between forces loyal to Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar and the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/nctc\/groups\/haqqani_network.html\"><span>Haqqani Network<\/span><\/a><span>, a terrorist militia and criminal gang whose leader Sirajuddin Haqqani is currently the interior minister of Afghanistan despite having a $5 million bounty from the FBI on his head.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protests broke out in Maimana, capital of Afghanistan\u2019s Faryab province, on Thursday after the Taliban arrested one of their own commanders, Uzbekistan-born Makhdoom Alam. 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