Asia

Taliban rejects acting deputy PM’s death nor injury

The Taliban on Monday denied speculations that its co-founder and acting Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar had been killed or injured recently.

Reports claiming that deputy head of Afghanistan’s interim government, Baradar, has been killed or wounded are untrue, Spokesman for the Qatar office of the Taliban Muhammad Suhail Shaheen told reports on Monday.

“Reports about Mullah Baradar Akhund being injured or killed are baseless and are not true, I categorically refute them,” he stated.

According to earlier reports, Baradar was wounded in a skirmish between Taliban units. Recent photos showed him from the back and his face could not be seen on them.

The Taliban also released a video that the group claimed was Baradar, as it rejected speculations that he had been killed recently. One of the Taliban’s officials claimed that the video was taken in Kandahar.

The video was released a day after Afghan media reported that Baradar was alive, as it cited a statement signed by Baradar and released to a Kabul-based media organisation. Another Taliban official, however, refused to confirm if the signature at the end of the letter was indeed that of Baradar. He also noted that the letter was written by Baradar’s aide.

Sources: TASS and RIA Novosti

IFP Media Wire

Reports and views published in the Media Wire section have been retrieved from other news agencies and websites, and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Iran Front Page (IFP) news website. The IFP may change the headlines of the reports in a bid to make them compatible with its own style of covering Iran News, and does not make any changes to the content. The source and URL of all reports and news stories are mentioned at the bottom of each article.

Recent Posts

Iran’s Lake Urmia sees significant improvement amidst restoration efforts

An Iranian official reports that the shrinking Lake Urmia is in better condition than last…

49 mins ago

Four terrorists killed during clash with IRGC forces in Iran’s southeast

Iranian security forces have killed another four terrorists in the southeastern city of Rask in…

3 hours ago

Former Parliament chief: Iran should not tie affairs to Trump

The former speaker of the Iranian Parliament and a current member of the country's Expediency…

3 hours ago

IRGC chief commander: Resistance grandeur led to changes in US leadership

The commander-in-chief of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) says that the power of Palestinian…

4 hours ago

Iran signs key agreements during communications minister’s visit to Cuba, Venezuela

Iran’s Minister of Communications Sattar Hashemi has recently concluded a "productive" six-day trip to Cuba…

6 hours ago

Iran’s president says no matter who has won the US  vote

The Iranian President, in his first reaction to Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential…

6 hours ago