Taliban leader Captured - 16 Feb London News

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Description: The top Taliban military commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, has been captured and arrested in Pakistan, US officials say. Mullah Baradar - the Taliban's overall number two - was captured in a secret US-Pakistani raid in Karachi several days ago, The New York Times reported. arrest Mullar Baradar is believed to rank second only in influence to the Taliban's spiritual leader, Mullar Omar, who has been hiding from Western agencies since the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001 The New York Times said the Karachi raid was conducted by Pakistan's Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and CIA operatives, citing officials According to Interpol Mullah Baradar was born in 1968, and served as deputy minister of defence for the Taliban regime in Afghanistan before it was toppled in 2001. Washington hopes the capture of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will at least temporarily weaken the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan, where US Marines are leading one of NATO's biggest offensives in the southern militant stronghold of Marjah. "I would call it significant," another US official said of Mullah Baradar's capture. "But even when you get their leaders, they've shown an amazing resilience to bounce back. It's an adaptive organization." Both US officials spoke on condition of anonymity. Kamran Bokhari, regional director of global intelligence group STRATFOR, said Mullah Baradar was a key deputy of Taliban leader Mullah Omar and a senior figure in the movement's leadership council ...
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