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Two factions of the Taliban leadership clashed last week, the BBC said.
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They disagreed over who did their best to oust the United States and who should get certain jobs in the cabinet.
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The leader of one side, Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, has not been seen since.
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Top Taliban members had a big fight after falling over who did their best to get the victory in Afghanistan, the BBC reported, citing high-ranking militant group officials.
The clash between two factions of the Taliban leadership took place inside the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul late last week and came after a debate over who should force the U.S. military more than his country, the BBC reported.
The parties also clashed over who should get what cabinet functions in their new government, the BBC reported.
The Taliban took control of Kabul on August 15 and the U.S. military withdrew permanently from the country on August 30. The Taliban announced an interim government on September 7.
One side of the struggle was Taliban co-founder and interim Deputy Prime Minister Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the BBC said, while the other was led by Khalil ur-Rahman Haqqani, the refugee minister.
Taliban sources told the BBC that the argument erupted because Baradar was not satisfied with the composition of the caretaker government.
Baradar had also argued that diplomatic efforts to seize Afghanistan, such as those he conducted himself, were more effective than the use of military force, the BBC reported. Haqqani and his followers disagreed, according to the report.
The Taliban deny that the fight took place, according to the BBC.
Melee reports come as rumors swirl in Baradar’s state as he has not been seen in public for several days. Taliban sources told the BBC that Baradar left Kabul for the city of Kandahar after the fight.
On Monday, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen he tweeted those rumors that Baradar had been killed in a fight was not true.
According to the BBC, a Taliban spokesman said Baradar had traveled to Kandahar to meet with Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban’s sole supreme leader. However, a Taliban spokesman later told BBC Pashto that Baradar was “tired and wanted to rest”.
However, Akhundzada has not been seen in public since Aug. 15, Reuters reported.
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