Taliban Cabinet has no ‘actual’ power and that’s why they are fighting: Report
Amid reports that Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was physically attacked by Haqqani leader Khalil-ur-Rahman Haqqani, following which several speculations over this condition of the Taliban leader, reports suggest that the divisions among the Taliban are deeper than what appears to be. While the Taliban and therefore the Haqqanis are on two separate camps, there’s a division between the hardliners and therefore the moderate Taliban leaders and a division between Taliban fighters and Taliban politicians, Al Jazeera reported.
Quoting analysts, the report said that this Cabinet doesn’t have actual power. the important power lies among a secretive shura in Kandahar where Taliban chief and government head Hibatulah Akhundzada is predicated . Several Taliban leaders are unhappy with their positions within the administration, the report said.
Hardline versus moderate faces
Leaders like Mullah Baradar, Sher Muhammad Abbas Stanikzai are the moderate faces of the Taliban, while Mullah Muhammad Yaqoob, son of Taliban founder Mullah Muhammad Omar, is one among the hardliners. the cupboard that the Taliban have finally announced is inclusive at its best as no further accommodation is feasible , the report said quoting experts.
Fighters versus politicians
The report said that Taliban fighters are after the spoils of the war while the Taliban leadership is trying to allay the fears of the people. “Sources chatting with Al Jazeera said like other Afghan governments, the divisions among the Taliban fall along personality lines. But unlike previous administrations, the Taliban doesn’t just suffer from overly ambitious members or opposing politics , its split is far more fundamental,” the report said.
While the new leadership is torn altogether these divisions, Mullah Baradar has disappeared from the general public view amid reports that he had been killed. To refute those reports, the Taliban released his video where he was seen reading a press release that there was no strife inside the Taliban. Baradar was also photographed attending a gathering with the United Nations officials.
