Reply #33: Yep, they're two different groups with different leadership structures. [View All]

[EFerrari]

And you could think of them as two different gangs, one in Chicago and one in Boston.

Ahmed Rashid is a reporter that has layed this out many times. Here's an interview Amy did with him:
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/6/10/descent_into_chaos_ahmed_rashid_on

But the best explication was one he did on BookTV:

http://www.booktv.org/Watch/9533/Descent+Into+Chaos+The+United+States+and+the+Failure+of+Nation+Building+in+Pakistan+Afghanistan+and+Central+Asia.aspx


If the Afghani Taliban ventured into Pakistan for nukes, they'd be facing a huge turf war. :shrug: