Deputy Prime Minister of Afghanistan Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and the co-founder of the Taliban released an audio statement stating he was alive and well, after news of his fictional death went viral on social media are fake. Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was last week named as a number two to Mullah Mohammed Hassan Akhund, … Read more
Mullah Baradar co-founder of the Taliban will head the new Afghanistan governance set-up as the world eagerly waits to see how the rebels form a comprehensive government and comprise other groups. According to the sources Baradar, who heads the Taliban’s political office, will be merged by Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban founder … Read more
Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar arrived in Kabul on Saturday for talks on establishing a new ‘inclusive’ government in Afghanistan, a senior official said. Other senior Taliban leaders seen in the capital in recent days include Khalil Haqqani — one of America’s most wanted terrorists with a $5 million bounty on his head. Pro-Taliban … Read more
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is now appointed as deputy leader in the new Afghan government weeks after the Taliban took over the country. Baradar is one of the four members who founded the Taliban movement in Afghanistan in 1994. Abdul Ghani Baradar was raised in Kandahar the birthplace of the Taliban movement. He was believed … Read more
Pakistan on Monday welcomed the ongoing engagement between the two Afghan sides in Doha deeming it ‘a positive development’. “Pakistan believes that there is no military solution to the Afghan conflict and that a negotiated political settlement through Afghan-owned and Afghan-led process is the only way forward,” a statement released by the Foreign Office said. … Read more
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said it is utmost effort of Pakistan that the Afghan peace process resumes and reaches its logical conclusion to cultivate the benefits of peace and prosperity in the region. Addressing a ceremony, he termed his meeting with the Afghan Taliban today as positive and satisfactory. The Foreign Minister also … Read more
A 12 member contingent of the Afghan Taliban under the leadership of Mullah Baradar arrived in Islamabad here on Wednesday. Official spokesman for the Taliban in a tweet confirmed their arrival prior. American Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad is already in Islamabad indicating a possible restart for the recently ‘called off’ Afghan peace … Read more
Taliban insurgents attacked security check-post on Wednesday, leaving 14 Afghan-Malay soldiers dead. According to an International News Agency, Taliban insurgents have stormed a checkpoint in western Herat province, killing 14 pro-government militia members. Whereas, several civilians have also been wounded in the attack. Herat police said that nine soldiers were killed in Rubat-e-Sangi district of … Read more
The United States and Afghan Taliban group resumed their eighth round of talks in the Qatari capital of Doha here on Sunday, hoping to halt 18 years of fighting. According to a Taliban source, efforts were under way to organize a direct meeting between the U.S. envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Mullah Baradar, a … Read more
