lks with the Taliban. The other was led by Nik Muhammad, a Taliban leader very influential in the Quetta Shura, the organisation 66 See for example Shahin Eghraghi, •Hekmaryar: The wild card in Afghanistan', Asia Times, 7 January 2004, 16 E FTA_R1_0220661 9 EFTA02722022 directly under the control of Mullah