Season, 4, Episode 2 - “Unprecedented? The latest Taliban in-fighting and what it tells us about the state of the Emirate”. We consider the cold war between the Taliban’s Amir and the faction led by Interior Minister Seraj Haqqani. Why Seraj disappeared from view for seven weeks. The issues in dispute – power, resources and policy. What options both sides have. Assessment of the leadership’s prospects for maintaining unity versus the risk of a split and direct challenge to the authority of the Amir.