Afghanistan after the change of power can lead the leader of the Taliban movement Abdel Gani Baradar, who spent in exile for almost 20 years. Such an assumption was made by the authors of the article published by the Washington Post newspaper.
Earlier it was reported that Baradar arrived in Kandahar on August 17th. During the lack of absence, he has formed political authority. In particular, he can play a stay in Pakistani prison on the arm, analyst Thomas Ruttig, who studies the topic of Afghanistan.
It is no less important that Baradar headed the delegation of the Taliban during negotiations with the United States in Doha, which were held in 2020. He personally met with the state secretary Mike Pompeo, managed to demonstrate herself as a counterweight more radically configured representatives of movement.
“It seems that Baradar will have a huge impact in the new government” Taliban “, and its role is underestimated there,” Rutting summarized.