Is Taliabn Co-Founder Mullah Abdul Baradar Dead?

 

Daily Mail: Taliban deny leader Mullah Abdul Baradar is DEAD - but can only produce an audio recording as 'proof' after wild rumours of gunfight in presidential palace swept Afghanistan 

* Taliban forced to deny rumours that deputy leader Mullah Baradar is dead 

* Comes after wild claim that he had been shot dead during a confrontation at Kabul's presidential palace began circulating online 

* Taliban insist he is actually in Kandahar, meeting the group's supreme leader 

* But so-far the Islamists have only produced an audio recording and a handwritten note as proof, increasing speculation further 

The Taliban has been forced to deny that deputy leader Mullah Baradar is dead after wild rumours emerged that he was killed during a gunfight with his political rivals. 

The Taliban insisted today that Baradar is in Kandahar province meeting with the group's supreme leader Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada to discuss Afghanistan's future now the US has withdrawn. 

But the social media rumour-mill believes he was actually killed in a gun battle in Kabul's presidential palace on Friday that broke out during a meeting with the powerful and ruthless Haqqani family.  

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Update #1: Taliban co-founder releases audio statement after death rumours (Daily Star/AFP)  

Update #2: Taliban Rejects Speculations Its Deputy PM Mullah Baradar Died, Releases Video (Sputnik)  

WNU Editor: He is alive. If Baradar was dead it would be confirmed within hours.