Taliban Rejects Claim Top Leader and Group’s Co-founder Was Killed

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, speaks during talks between the Afghan government and Taliban insurgents in Doha, Qatar, on Sept. 12, 2020. Ibraheem al Omari/Reuters

The Taliban denounced claims on Tuesday that one of its top leaders who is also a co-founder of the designated terrorist group was killed during a clash with resistance forces.

Rumors recently spread on the disappearance of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar—a top leader who hasn’t been seen in public since the Taliban’s swift takeover of the war-torn nation and its Western-backed government.