Taliban commander who defected considering return to insurgency - Telegraph
During eight years of campaigning he had been wounded seven times, had three brothers killed and estimated he had lost 40 close friends.
Pakistan influence over the Taliban - it would give orders to kill tribal elders who helped the government - triggered his decision to leave.
In October 2010, he and a friend, Noor-ul-Aziz Agha, who had been appointed Taliban governor of Kunduz, defected to the government in a deal brokered by the governor of Panjwayi, Faziluddin Agha, and the Afghan intelligence service. Faziluddin Agha denied he had offered the defectors jobs, and claimed the Afghan government had given the group £37,000.
"We regret he is so upset," he said.
Noor-ul-Aziz Agha had been given a home in Kabul, but Azizullah Agha remained in Kandahar city.
During eight years of campaigning he had been wounded seven times, had three brothers killed and estimated he had lost 40 close friends.
Pakistan influence over the Taliban - it would give orders to kill tribal elders who helped the government - triggered his decision to leave.
In October 2010, he and a friend, Noor-ul-Aziz Agha, who had been appointed Taliban governor of Kunduz, defected to the government in a deal brokered by the governor of Panjwayi, Faziluddin Agha, and the Afghan intelligence service. Faziluddin Agha denied he had offered the defectors jobs, and claimed the Afghan government had given the group £37,000.
"We regret he is so upset," he said.
Noor-ul-Aziz Agha had been given a home in Kabul, but Azizullah Agha remained in Kandahar city.




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