Taleban leader sacks key rebel commander

The Khaleej Times is reporting,

Taleban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed read to AFP over the telephone a statement issued by Omar that said Mullah Mansoor Dadullah was sacked ‘because he disobeyed orders of the Islamic Emirate’ of Taleban.

Mullah Mansoor Dadullah took over from his older brother who had been killed by Coalition forces. He was currently the commander in the Helmand province of Afghanistan.

Could he have been relieved due to the fall of Musa Qala recently to ANA and British Forces? If so, Musa Qala was obviously extremely important to the Taliban. One of the items that British forces found upon entering Musa Qala is 12 tons of heroin worth tens of million dollars. According to the Times Online,

All the people from all over Helmand brought their poppies here to process.

With poppy growth reaching record levels this year and the Taliban banking on funds from its production, could this loss of revenue be the reasoning for sacking Mullah Mansoor Dadullah, especially in light of the fact that the ANA and British forces generally took the town unopposed, or at least with less effort than originally suspected.