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Conflict amongst Taliban leaders, deputy PM unhappy with government makeup: Report
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A major conflict involving the deputy prime minister broke out between Taliban...Arabic for students... leaders over the structure of the group’s new government in Afghanistan, the BBC reported on Tuesday citing senior group officials. "The argument between the group's co-founder [Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani] Baradar and a cabinet member happened at the presidential palace," the sources told the BBC. There have been widespread rumors about the health of top Taliban leaders and possible internal disagreements within the group, after Baradar disappeared from the public since his last appearance in early September. Rumors also swirled around the health and whereabouts of Lord High Potentate and Supreme Leader of All He Surveys Haibatullah Akhundzada ...Former deputy to Taliban supremo Mullah Akhtar Mansour, now The Big Man Himself... , who has made it his mission to stay away from public eye for years. Some reports say he died of coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)  ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...last year. The Taliban seized control of Afghanistan on August 15, and later in the month announced an interim cabinet made up of senior group figures. "Baradar and Khalil ur-Rahman Haqqani - the minister for refugees and a prominent figure within the krazed killer Haqqani network ...a branch of the Afghan Taliban, based in Pakistain. The network is a family business founded by the later Jalaluddin Haqqani... - had exchanged strong words, as their followers brawled with each other nearby," a source told the BBC. The BBC’s sources said Baradar was unhappy with the structure of the government and the conflict broke out over who should claim credit for the group’s victory in Afghanistan. Baradar believes diplomats, like himself, should get the lion’s share of the credit; while the Haqqani group — a paramilitary group run by one of the most senior Taliban figures and whose leader is the current interior minister — believes fighters achieved the most. The Taliban sources told the BBC Baradar had left Kabul and travelled to the city of Kandahar following the conflict. Posted by: Fred 2021-09-15 |
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