Mullah Baradar, the Taliban's deputy leader and Afghanistan's deputy PM, is currently missing after reports of a punch-up with Khalil Haqqani, a leader in the fearsome Haqqani network that is vying for power in the new Afghan government with Baradar's more-moderate allies
* Taliban descended into in-fighting, with more-moderate faction thought to be at war with terrorist hardliners
* Baradar, the Taliban's deputy leader and chief negotiator, is believed to have got into a punch-up with Khalil Haqqani, deputy leader of the fearsome Haqqani Network terrorist group
* Haqqani appears to have won, with Baradar now missing along with a key ally amid rumours both are dead
* Fighting is thought to be over balance of power and who should take the credit for America's withdrawal - Baradar's team of negotiators or the Haqqanis' army of terrorists and suicide bombers
The Taliban has descended into bitter in-fighting with so-called 'moderates' thought to be at war with terrorist hardliners as both vie for power in the vacuum left by America's retreat from Afghanistan.
Mullah Baradar, a member of the Taliban old-guard who led negotiations with the Americans in Qatar, is thought to have been involved in a fight with Khalil Haqqani, a leader in the terrorist Haqqani Network and one of the FBI's most-wanted, in Kabul's presidential palace as the pair argued over who had done more to drive US forces out.
Haqqani - who is the country's new refugee minister - appears to have emerged the victor, with Baradar - the new deputy prime minister - now in hiding, with the Taliban forced to deny rumours that he was shot dead in the fight.
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WNU Editor: The Haqqani leaders have close ties to Al Qaeda. If they are the ones who are now on top, it is a given that Al Qaeda will be playing a major in Afghanistan.
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