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2018-10-28 Afghanistan

Karzai welcomes the release of Taliban leaders from Pakistani jails

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Posted by Fred 2018-10-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
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#1 He's on the other side

Posted by Frank G 2018-10-28 10:25|| 2018-10-28 10:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Background information from Tolo News:

Sources and the Taliban last week confirmed the release of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who they said was now back with his family in Karachi after spending eight years in prison.

Sources said last week that Baradar was released after the intervention of Zalmay Khalilzad, US Special Representative for Afghanistan’s Reconciliation, who visited Kabul twice this month to discuss peace talks with Afghan leaders.

Baradar is a co-founder of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan. He was Mullah Mohammed Omar, the founding leader of the Taliban’s deputy. Omar’s death was confirmed in October 2016.

Baradar was captured in Pakistan by a team of Pakistan’s intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and US’s Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officers in February 2010.

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