KABUL – Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, co-founder and deputy leader of theTaliban movement, on Saturday arrived in the Afghan capital as part of thegroup’s efforts for forming a new inclusive government in Afghanistan.
Reports said that Baradar would hold meeting with jihadi leaders andpoliticians to discuss the inclusive government set-up, a demand by theregional countries, including Pakistan.
A number of senior Taliban leaders, including Khalil Haqqani and AnasHaqqani, were also seen in the capital since the takeover.
Both Haqqanis held separate meeting with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a formerstring rival of Taliban, former president Hamid Karzai and AbdullahAbdullah.
The Taliban have clearly stated that they want to establish an inclusivegovernment, but they have given few details of who it would include.
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Baradar along a high-ranking delegation of the Islamic Emirate arrived intheir beloved country and landed at Kandahar Airport on Tuesday.
Baradar hasn’t set foot in Afghanistan in 20 years. He was arrested inPakistan in 2010 by the country’s security forces and released in 2018 whenthe US intensified efforts to leave Afghanistan.
