But now it is they, and not the senior leaders, who increasingly decide what these beliefs imply on the ground; recently in Paktia province, the Quetta Shura is reported as having sent a Muslem scholar (alim) to chastise a group of youthful commanders who were not following Quetta's directives, and the commanders killed the cleric.
A Chechen businessman who is supporting Moscow's side said today that discussions were under way between Russian officials and a group of rebel commanders.
When the rough cut of the movie leaked, a group of Bope commanders sued to prevent the official release because it depicted their techniques too faithfully.
A western source in regular contact with the Taliban confirmed recently witnessing a group of insurgent commanders consulting Motasim by Skype, and said such consultations were common.
"Economic and security infiltration is not as important as intellectual, cultural, and political infiltration," he warned a group of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps IRGCcommandersers in September.
On Thursday morning, a group of six commanders allied with Mr. Rehman announced their own successor to his position, apparently without the approval of the Taliban shura.
Angela Merkel has been "pictured" with a group of Nazi commanders laughing at the Acropolis as the bitter dispute over Greece's claims to war reparations continues.
The scene was typical of what the northern front in the war in Iraq has become: a cat-and-mouse game between small American Special Operations units and a group of Iraqi commanders who are proving to be surprisingly tenacious.
Officials said a group of senior commanders would examine the logistics, planning, intelligence gathering, enforcement of minor offenses and traffic control, and the deployment of the more than 4,000 officers assigned to the detail.
Johnson makes the allegation on the basis that in 1968 a group of MK commanders, including Hani, publicly denounced the army leadership for corruption, and Modise later voted for Hani's death.
