Taliban’s Abdul Ghani Baradar is undisputed victor of a 20-year war
by Julian Borger in Washington from on (#5NC4J)
Return to power of movement's co-founder embodies Afghanistan's inability to escape history of conflict
Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban leader freed from a Pakistani jail on the request of the US less than three years ago, has emerged as an undisputed victor of the 20-year war.
While Haibatullah Akhundzada is the Taliban's overall leader, Baradar is its political chief and its most public face. He was said to be on his way from his office in Doha to Kabul on Sunday evening. In a televised statement on the fall of Kabul, he said the Taliban's real test would only just beginning, meeting the expectations of the Afghan people.
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