Afghan Govt Formation: Infighting In Taliban Over Division Of Power, Says Report

<p><strong>New Delhi:&nbsp;</strong>After forming a new government in Afghanistan, infighting has been registered in the Taliban cabinet, according to a report by BBC.&nbsp; The row erupted over the power division in the Taliban cabinet and the structure of the group&rsquo;s new government.</p> <p>According to the BBC report, the argument broke out as Afghanistan's new deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was unhappy about the structure of their interim government.</p> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">One Taliban source told BBC Pashto that Baradar and Khalil ur-Rahman Haqqani - the minister for refugees and a prominent figure within the militant Haqqani network - had exchanged strong words, as their followers brawled with each other nearby.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The incident was also confirmed to the <em>BBC</em>&nbsp;by a senior Taliban member based in Qatar.</p> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">The infighting also occurred between two factions over who in the Taliban should take credit for their victory in Afghanistan.</p> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">&nbsp;Baradar reportedly believes that the emphasis should be placed on diplomacy carried out by people like him, while members of the Haqqani group - which is run by one of the most senior Taliban figures - and their backers say it was achieved through fighting, reported BBC.</p> </div> </div> <div class="ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i87" data-component="text-block"> <div class="ssrcss-18snukc-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1"> <p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">It is to be noted that Baradar was the first Taliban leader to communicate directly with a US president, having a telephone conversation with Donald Trump in 2020. Before that, he signed the Doha agreement on the withdrawal of US troops on behalf of the Taliban.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div>