The Taliban in Afghanistan are denying it, but a senior US official says that American military forces captured Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, considered the number two man in the Taliban. US and Pakistani military personnel are reportedly taking turns interrogating him. His arrest, if confirmed, comes at a time when 15,000 Afghan and Nato troops are in heavy battles with the Taliban in an offensive in the country’s south.
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 16 February 2010 at 10:48 |
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News story, GenevaLunch, 16 February 2010.
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Tags: Afghanistan, capture, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, official, Pakistan, Taliban, U.S.
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