New York, Sept. 16 -- Mullah Baradar, co-founder of Taliban and deputy Prime Minister of cabinet announced by the group has been named among the world's 100 most influential people of 2021 by TIME magazine.

The Time profile describes the Taliban co-founder Baradar as a "quiet, secretive man who rarely gives public statements or interviews."

"Baradar nonetheless represents a more moderate current within the Taliban, the one that will be thrust into the limelight to win Western support and desperately needed financial aid. The question is whether the man who coaxed the Americans out of Afghanistan can sway his own movement", says Baradar's profile.

The list also includes Prime Minister Narendra Modi, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Ban...