On Monday, Taliban was forced to deny that Baradar was dead after rumours emerged that he was killed during a gunfight with his political rivals.
Asked about the rumours, Baradar said, "No, this is not true at all. Praise be to God I am fit and well. And with regards to media claiming that we have an internal disagreement that is not true either.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Taliban co-founder and Afghanistan's deputy Prime Minister, has released an audio message to dismiss reports of his death. The audio was tweeted by Taliban spokesperson Mohammad Naeem after reports of Baradar's death went viral. Watch Kurukshetra with Saurav Sharma.
The Taliban on Tuesday announced Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhunzada, chief of its powerful decision-making body 'Rehbari Shura', as the head of its interim government the 'Islamic State of Afghanistan' while Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will serve as his deputy.Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Chairman of Taliban's Political Office in Doha, and Mullah Abdus Salam will work as deputies of Mullah Hasan in the new Taliban take care government.
The Taliban on Tuesday announced Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhunzada, chief of its powerful decision-making body 'Rehbari Shura', as the head of the Islamic State of Afghanistan while Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will serve as his deputy.
Taliban leader Mullah Baradar on Sunday met with the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, Martin Griffiths at the foreign ministry in Kabul, TOLO news reported.
The Taliban seized control of capital Kabul on August 15 thus completing collapse of Afghanistan's elected government under President Ashraf Ghani who fled the country.
As Afghanistan stares at an uncertain future, world leaders, political commentators and foreign affairs experts have joined the international chorus denouncing the US policy in Afghanistan, under which a 20-year military deployment suddenly came to a chaotic end on Sunday.
Baradar played a succession of military and administrative roles in the five-year Taliban regime, and by the time it was ousted by the US and its Afghan allies, he was deputy minister of defence.
There is uncertainty about the future of leadership in Afghanistan, once again, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.
Karachi: Pakistan government has kept Taliban's former No.2 leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in a safe house in Karachi after his release, sources said. “Mullah Baradar was flown to Karachi from Peshawar early on Sunday.
Islamabad: Pakistan has decided to release former Afghan Taliban second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar as part of its effort to advance peace in neighbouring Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday."In principle, we have agreed to release
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