DIE Taliban There was no celebration of their deputy leader Mullah Abdul Gani Baradar’s return to Afghanistan as a victorious media event. On Wednesday, there was initially only an unstable video of his arrival at Kandahar Airport. The military plane that took him to Afghanistan was engraved with the words of the Gulf States’ Qatar Air Force. Since 2019, Mullah Baradal has been leading the Taliban’s political office in the capital Doha and has held talks with diplomats from all over the world.
In a video broadcast by Pakistan’s news channel Bol, it can be seen that shortly after sunset, on Tuesday night, a small reception committee composed of only a few dozen men wearing local headscarves appeared at the airport. The plane was protected by soldiers believed to be part of the Qatar army.
The Taliban only confirmed the arrival of their deputy leader in a brief message on Tuesday night. Taliban spokesman Muhammad Naeem Wardak wrote on Twitter: “That afternoon, a high-level Islamic emirate delegation led by Mullah Baradar landed at Kandahar Airport in their beloved homeland. It was later said that the leading group would soon show itself to the world public, “without any shadow of secrecy.” Mullah Baradar is expected to arrive in the capital Kabul on Wednesday or Thursday.
Accept “humble before God” in Kandahar?
This may be the first time he has set foot on the soil of Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban regime 20 years ago. It is speculated that the Taliban leaders chose Kandahar as their destination because the city is the birthplace and spiritual center of the Taliban movement. Mullah Baradar, whose real name is Abdul Ghani, was one of the founders in 1994. Of course he also wanted to avoid showing the symbolic image of him getting off a plane from Qatar. Islamists are very careful to be seen as the Afghan movement, not the lackeys of foreign powers.
Perhaps the humble hospitality should also convey that Mullah Baradar ordered his soldiers to “humble before God,” many of whom may be eager to win. In any case, for obvious reasons, the Kabul Airport, whose air traffic control is controlled by the US military, does not appear to the Taliban to be suitable for returning this person who may become the political leader of Afghanistan. The new regime. His return shows that Kabul’s negotiations on the future form of government are coming to an end.
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Baradar Mullah is not the supreme leader of the Taliban, at least officially. This is Maulawi Haibatullah Akhundzada. To date, he has led Pakistan’s so-called Leadership Council, which provides political and military guidance and appoints shadow governors and commanders. Unlike Baradar, Akunzada does not appear in public and is more described as a spiritual leader. One of his deputies, Sirajuddin Haqqani, is also the leader of the Haqqani Network, which has maintained close ties with Al-Qaida and the Pakistan Secret Service for many years.His brother Anas Haqqani met with the former president on Wednesday Hamid Karzai And Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the Kabul High Commission for National Reconciliation.
Baradar is said to help Mullah Omar escape
The Taliban distributed photos of the meeting. Initially, nothing was known about the content of the talks. A Taliban representative told the German News Agency that it is too early to say whether the Taliban will include members of other political groups in their government. To be sure, the Taliban will not recognize the current constitution and will not participate in elections.
