Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the top Taliban leader and the Deputy Prime Minister in the new Afghanistan government, has returned to capital Kabul and assumed his duties.
According to media reports, upon his return to Kabul, Baradar is being guarded by his own security men. The influential Taliban leader has refused to take security from the Interior Ministry, which is being headed by Sirajuddin Haqqani of the Haqqani Network.
Baradar’s move to bring his own security is being linked to a recent fight with the Haqqani faction in Kabul in which he was reportedly injured. Amid widespread rumors about his death, Baradar and Taliban issued audio statements saying the former was in good health.
While Haqqani had insisted that he take security from the Interior Ministry, Baradar refused the same.
