Topic: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court on Tuesday threw out a petition seeking to block the extradition of the Afghan Taliban's No. 2 leader and other senior commanders detained in Pakistan, a lawyer said.U.S. ally Pakistan captured at least four ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. investigators have recently been given more regular direct access to Pakistani-led interrogations of the Afghan Taliban's No. 2 leader, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, one month after his arrest was announced.Pakistani limitations on U.S ...
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's government denied a report on Tuesday that it had been holding secret peace talks with the Taliban's number two leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, when he was arrested in Pakistan.Despite being the mastermind of years of ...
Afghan govt held peace talks with Taliban No. 2; Karzai said to be `very angry' at his arrest The Afghan government was holding secret talks with the Taliban's No. 2 when he was captured in Pakistan, and the arrest infuriated President ...
KABUL (Reuters) - Insurgency in the most violent part of Afghanistan is being led by a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, set free by the Afghan government in a botched attempt at reconciliation with tribes, a NATO official said on Saturday.The man, known ...
KABUL (Reuters) - Pakistan has agreed to hand over to Afghanistan captured Afghan Taliban number two, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, and other militants, the president's office said on Thursday.Pakistan had no immediate comment on the Afghan government's statement on Thursday ...
CIA missile strike misses Taliban commander, kills his brother in latest blow to insurgents CIA missiles struck the most feared Afghan Taliban faction, narrowly missing its commander and killing his brother in the latest blow to the insurgents, Pakistani intelligence officials said ...
The net closed on Taliban in Pakistan, where officials confirmed Friday that a US drone strike killed the brother of wanted warlord Sirajuddin Haqqani following the capture of the militia's number two.Mohammed Haqqani was a younger brother of Sirajuddin and ...
Captured Taliban leader could play role in shaping future of stalemated war in Afghanistan The capture and interrogation of Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar could help unravel the Afghan insurgency, but it's less likely to lead U.S. forces to ...
Capture of Afghan Taliban's No.2 chief brings new blow to insurgents, raises hopes in Pakistan The capture of the Afghan Taliban's No. 2 commander by a joint CIA and Pakistani team dealt a fresh blow to insurgents under heavy ...