| A former Taliban commander and brother of the ousted regime’s border affairs minister who is wanted by the United States has surrendered to the Afghan authorities. Commander Mohammad Ibrahim, 47, accompanied by some 150 religious scholars and tribal elders from Khost, Paktia and Paktika provinces turned himself over to the authorities in Gardez. But Afghan Islamic Press (Not the most reliable source, by any means) said Ibrahim, whose elder brother Maulawi Jalaluddin Haqqani has been reported commanding at Shah-i-Kot was still in Gardez and was 'moving freely.' Ibrahim was associated with the 1992-96 regime of former President Burhanuddin Rabbani and later served as Taliban commander in several eastern provinces. Haqqani, a religious scholar who served as minister for border affairs, is on the US list of wanted Taliban leaders. |