Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was featured on Time magazine’s global list of “100 Most Influential People of 2021” on Wednesday.
Photo by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar | AP
HIGHLIGHTS
- Mullah Baradar has been credited with negotiating the Doha Peace Agreement
- Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid wrote a profile about Baradar for Time Magazine
- Baradar recently appeared on Afghan state television amid rumors of his death
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a co-founder of the Taliban, found a place on Time Magazine’s global list of “100 Most Influential People of 2021”.
The head of the Taliban’s political office in Doha, Mullah Baradar, was credited with negotiating the peace agreement between the Taliban and the United States. He is a founding member of the Taliban and was a close associate of the movement Founder Mullah Omara.
Baradar was appointed deputy to Mullah Akhund, head of the Taliban’s new transitional government, earlier this month.
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A portrait of Mullah Baradar in Time Magazine by Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid describes him as the “fulcrum for the future” of Afghanistan.
Ahmed Rashid continues to write“As a quiet, discreet man who rarely gives public statements or interviews, Baradar nonetheless represents a more moderate current within the Taliban that is being brought into the limelight to attract Western support and much-needed financial aid.
“The question is whether the man who lured the Americans out of Afghanistan can influence his own movement.”
Baradar suppresses death rumors
Surprisingly to most, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar recently appeared on Afghan state television to quell rumors of his death.
Several unconfirmed reports in the past few days suggested a. there Shootout between rival Taliban factions in the presidential palace in Kabul. There were allegations that Baradar sustained serious injuries in the shooting.
The Taliban leader blames the rumors about his death for ‘fake propaganda’ and says on Afghan state television: “There was news of my death in the media. I have been traveling for the last few nights. Wherever I am” At the moment we are all fine, all my brothers and friends. “
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