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Taliban leader Mullah Baradar named among TIME magazine's 100 most influential people of 2021
Mullah Baradar led the Taliban in negotiations with the US during the peace deal. Baradar is considered to be a quiet, secretive man who rarely gives public statements
'We're all fine': Taliban co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar releases audio statement after death rumours
Abdul Ghani Baradar blamed "fake propaganda" for the death rumours in an audio message posted by the Taliban.
Mullah Hasan Akhund to head 'acting' Taliban govt, Mullah Baradar his deputy; Sirajuddin Haqqani gets interior portfolio
Secretive Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada , who has never been seen in public, told the new government to uphold Sharia law in a statement
Mullah Baradar, Taliban founder Omar's trusted aide, is insurgent group's political chief and public face
While Haibatullah Akhundzada is the Taliban’s overall leader, Baradar is its political chief and most public face. Western diplomats have hitherto viewed him as the most resistant to ISI control
Pakistan issues financial sanctions against Afghanistan's Taliban members to avoid FATF blacklist
The orders also target al-Qaida as well as outlawed Pakistani groups like Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, thousands of whom are believed to be hiding in remote regions of Afghanistan
US eagerness to exit Afghanistan and Taliban's refusal to budge: States must speak in one voice to push for Afghan peace
The main issue that was agreed to by all sides was that the Taliban would not provide safe havens to international terrorists of any hue in the area
Emboldened Taliban, impending US drawdown and uncertainty for region means India must engage terrorist outfit in talks
The real problem is that the hardliners within the Taliban have a preformed set of beliefs that line up perfectly with Rawalpindi's core foreign policy objectives
Former Taliban second-in-command may now hold key to Afghan peace
Once a ruthless fighter and a friend of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, Abdul Ghani Baradar may now hold the key to Afghanistan's peace - or so his minders believe.