Afghanistan’s acting deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani Baradar appeared in a video interview posted September 15 and denied reports that he was hurt in a clash with a rival faction of the Islamic Emirate, reports Ariana News on September 16. “No this is not true, I am OK and healthy,” Baradar said in an interview. “The media says that there is internal disputes. There is nothing between us, it is not true.” The brief clip showed him seated on a sofa next to an interviewer with an RTA state television microphone in front of him, apparently reading from a sheet of paper.