Taliban in the present day mentioned that information of Mullah Baradar’s loss of life is fake.
The Taliban have denied that one among their prime leaders has been killed in a shootout with rivals, following rumours about inner splits within the motion almost a month after its lightning victory over the Western-backed authorities in Kabul.
Sulail Shaheen, a Taliban spokesman, mentioned Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, former head of the Taliban political workplace who was named deputy prime minister final week, issued a voice message rejecting claims he had been killed or injured in a conflict.
“He says it’s lies and completely baseless,” Shaheen mentioned in a message on Twitter.
The Taliban additionally launched video footage purportedly displaying Baradar at conferences within the southern metropolis of Kandahar. Reuters couldn’t instantly confirm the footage.
Mullah Bradar Akhund, Deputy PM, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in a voice message rejected all these claims that he was injured or killed in a conflict. He says it’s lies and completely baseless. pic.twitter.com/wAgEue6JhL
— Zabihullah Mujahid (@Zabihullah_M3) September 13, 2021
The denials observe days of rumours that supporters of Baradar had clashed with these of Sirajuddin Haqqani, head of the Haqqani community that’s primarily based close to the border with Pakistan and was blamed for a few of the worst suicide assaults of the battle.
The rumours observe hypothesis over attainable rivalries between navy commanders like Haqqani and leaders from the political workplace in Doha like Baradar, who led diplomatic efforts to succeed in a settlement with the US.
The Taliban have repeatedly denied the hypothesis over inner divisions.
Baradar, as soon as seen because the probably head of a Taliban authorities, had not been seen in public for a while and was not a part of the ministerial delegation which met Qatari Overseas Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Kabul on Sunday.
The motion’s supreme chief, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, has additionally not been seen in public because the Taliban seized Kabul on Aug. 15, though he issued a public assertion when the brand new authorities was fashioned final week.
Hypothesis over Taliban leaders has been fed by the circumstances surrounding the loss of life of the motion’s founder, Mullah Omar, which was solely made public in 2015 two years after it occurred, setting off bitter recriminations among the many management.
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is revealed from a syndicated feed.)
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