The video appears to show Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar returning to the jubilant crowds in Afghanistan on Tuesday. He is known as Mullah Baradar, meaning brother, due to close ties with the late Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar, his friend and brother-in-law. Baradar later helped his former commander found the Taliban in 1994 and establish its previous rule over Afghanistan. During Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001, Baradar was said to have served as governor of two provinces, a top army commander and deputy minister of defence. During their 1996-2001 rule, also guided by Islamic sharia law, the Taliban stopped women from working.

Source: Daily Mirror August 18, 2021 03:03 UTC