Afghanistan’s appearing deputy prime minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar appeared in a video interview posted on Wednesday to disclaim experiences that he was harm in a conflict with a rival faction of the Taliban.
“No this is not true; I am OK and healthy,” Baradar mentioned in an interview with state TV which was posted on Twitter by the Taliban’s political workplace in Doha. “The media says that there is internal disputes. There is nothing between us, it is not true.”
The temporary clip confirmed him seated on a settee subsequent to an interviewer with an RTA state tv microphone, apparently studying from a sheet of paper.
“There is nothing to worry about,” he mentioned.
Earlier, an official from the Taliban’s cultural fee mentioned on Twitter that the interview could be proven on RTA TV to disprove “enemy propaganda”.
Taliban officers have issued repeated denials in current days that Baradar had been harm. The denials comply with days of rumours that supporters of Baradar had clashed with members of the Haqqani community, a bunch affiliated with the Taliban based mostly close to the border with Pakistan and blamed for a few of the worst suicide assaults of the battle.
Baradar, one of many founding members of the Taliban and as soon as seen because the possible head of a Taliban authorities, had not been seen in public for a while. He was not a part of the ministerial delegation which met Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani in Kabul on Sunday.
In the clip, he mentioned he had been on a visit when the go to occurred and had not been capable of get again in time.
On Wednesday, Anas Haqqani, youthful brother of the Taliban’s newly appointed Acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, additionally issued a press release on Twitter denying experiences of inside rifts within the motion.
The rumours comply with hypothesis over rivalries between navy commanders like Haqqani and leaders from the political workplace in Doha like Baradar, who led diplomatic efforts to achieve a settlement with the United States.
