{"id":755350,"date":"2021-09-15T13:36:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T17:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=755350"},"modified":"2021-09-15T13:36:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T17:36:29","slug":"top-taliban-members-brawled-over-who-should-get-credit-for-u-s-withdrawal-and-now-two-moderate-leaders-are-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-taliban-members-brawled-over-who-should-get-credit-for-u-s-withdrawal-and-now-two-moderate-leaders-are-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Taliban Members \u2018Brawled\u2019 Over Who Should Get Credit For U.S. Withdrawal And Now Two \u2018Moderate\u2019 Leaders Are \u2018Missing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-taliban-members-brawled-over-who-should-get-credit-for-u-s-withdrawal-and-now-two-moderate-leaders-are-missing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=755350&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1234046345-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Top Taliban members \u201cbrawled\u201d on the floor of the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, over which faction \u2014 the hardliners or the moderates \u2014 should receive credit for the United States\u2019 hasty withdrawal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-58560923\">according to the BBC<\/a>, and whether the hardliners or the moderates should fill key cabinet positions.<\/p>\n<p>Two top Taliban \u201cmoderates,\u201d including the faction\u2019s leader, Mullah Baradar, are also now reportedly missing.<\/p>\n<p>Baradar is rumored to have sparked the clash after \u201cexchang[ing] strong words with hardliner and member of the Haqqani terror network,&nbsp;Khalil ur-Rahman Haqqani, who serves as the new Afghan minister of refugees. Baradar, it seems, has not appeared in public in nearly two weeks, leading to rumors that he was injured or killed following the knock-down-drag-out at the presidential palace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSupporters of two rival factions reportedly brawled at the presidential palace in the capital Kabul,\u201d the BBC noted Wednesday. \u201cThe dispute came to light after a Taliban co-founder, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, disappeared from view for several days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Taliban source, who refused to be named, \u201ctold BBC Pashto that Mr. Baradar and Khalil ur-Rahman Haqqani \u2013 the minister for refugees and a prominent figure within the militant Haqqani network \u2013 had exchanged strong words, as their followers brawled with each other nearby.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sources said the argument had broken out because Mr. Baradar, the new deputy prime minister, was unhappy about the structure of their interim government,\u201d the BBC continued. \u201cThe row also reportedly stemmed from divisions over who in the Taliban should take credit for their victory in Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baradar reportedly claimed credit for the victory, pointing out that he improved diplomatic relations with the United States after engaging in peace talks with then-president Donald Trump. The Haqqani network reportedly claimed victory for themselves, noting that they are \u201cassociated with some of the most violent attacks that have occurred in Afghanistan against Afghan forces and their Western allies in recent years,\u201d leading to the collapse of Afghan security forces and, by extension, the U.S. withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>Taliban sources denied reports of a fraction and of the physical altercation.<\/p>\n<p>Baradar has not appeared in public, physically, for more than a week. In an audio recording, a voice, purportedly Baradar, claims the official has been \u201con trips\u201d and that \u201cwe are all well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are some talks in media,\u201d the voice says. \u201cI had been out on a trip during these days. I had gone somewhere and praises to God we are all well. Some of these media networks do this kind of propaganda and tell such shameful lies. Reject this talk with courage. There are no issues no problems, praises to God. I am assuring you 100%.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last time Baradar was seen was in a fleeting appearance at a Kabul hotel in the first week of September,\u201d CNN reported Wednesday. A Taliban leader told international media that Baradar had gone to meet with the Taliban\u2019s supreme leader and that Baradar was&nbsp;\u201ctired and wanted some rest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oddly, though, the Taliban\u2019s \u201csupreme leader\u201d is also missing. Haibatullah Akhundzada, also a more \u201cmoderate\u201d member of the Taliban, has yet to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaliban officials have repeatedly said that the movement\u2019s supreme leader and commander-in-chief, Haibatullah Akhundzada, would soon make a public appearance. He hasn\u2019t \u2014 fueling rumors that he is sick or even dead,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/09\/14\/asia\/taliban-missing-leader-rumors-2021-intl\/index.html\">CNN noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pretending that leadership is more animated than they truly are is a pastime for the Taliban. The group admitted, back in 2015, that it covered up their founder, Mullah Omar\u2019s, death for more than two years.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Taliban members \u201cbrawled\u201d on the floor of the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, over which faction \u2014 the hardliners or the moderates \u2014 should receive credit for the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-755350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755350\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}