Days after the Taliban announced its interim government in Afghanistan, a major dispute has emerged between its top leaders at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Kabul. According to the BBC report, supporters of two rival factions in the Taliban clashed in the Presidential Palace. Although the Taliban has denied such reports, but according to the information received from the sources, the situation of the new government is not good. Controversy broke out within the group after Taliban co-founder and deputy prime minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar went missing for several days.
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Sources told BBC Pashto that Baradar and Khalil ur-Rahman Haqqani (a minister in the new cabinet and top leader of the Haqqani network) had a heated argument after a fight between their followers. According to the information, this dispute started when two factions of Taliban started taking credit for the victory over Afghanistan among themselves. Both the camps were reading ballads in their praise, meanwhile a quarrel started.
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On the one hand, the Baradar camp believes that the Taliban’s victory over Afghanistan is due to the diplomatic decisions taken by them. Haqqani believes that victory was achieved through fighting. Baradar disappeared for some time after this hot summer, after which rumors spread that Baradar had died, but Taliban sources denied this claim.
Baradar released an audio statement on Monday saying he was alive and that the viral news of his alleged demise was a rumour. Baradar said in the clip, “My death was reported in the media. For the past few nights I have been on tours. I am fine wherever I am at the moment. All my brothers and friends are fine too. Media always publishes fake news. So, bravely dismiss all those lies, and I confirm to you 100 percent that I don’t have a problem.
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