Taliban senior official Abdul Ghani Baradar appeared on state TV to squelch rumors of his death and of a rift within the group’s leadership
and proclaimed a restoration of their Islamic Emirate, deposing the Afghan republic established following the 2001 U.S. invasion.
Kabul residents relayed rumors about an alleged shootout in the presidential palace between Mr. Baradar and, another power center within the Islamist movement. It didn’t help that it had taken days for Mr. Baradar to surface on video since then. “I didn’t know that the Qatari foreign minister was coming to Afghanistan. If I had known it, I would have delayed or canceled my trip,” Mr. Baradar said in the TV interview. “We assure all Afghans that they should not worry at all.”
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