Yesterday the New York Times broke the story of the capture of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the operational leader of the Afghan Taliban and the highest-ranking insurgent figure captured since the war ...

Factional rivalries, tribal loyalties, authoritarian rule and hardline policies are testing Afghan regime cohesion ...

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Authorities have been questioning Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the second in command of the Afghan Taliban, who was arrested earlier this month in Pakistan. Analyst Brian Fishman tells Renee Montagne ...

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer) WASHINGTON: US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said on Friday that Pakistan had released Taliban leader Mullah Baradar at his request to help expedite the ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's No. 2 captured in Pakistan last week, was a charismatic military strategist who helped rebuild the group into a powerful guerrilla force ...

Pakistan has said it will release the Afghan Taliban’s former deputy from its custody as the new government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif tries to repair frayed ties with the Afghan government of ...

KABUL, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The top military commander of the Taliban, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, has been captured in Pakistan, two U.S. officials said, but the Taliban said he was still at work in ...

Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar travelled to western Herat province on Sunday to hold ...

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar and Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov have discussed major economic and infrastructure projects ...

The Taliban’s top military commander was captured several days ago in Karachi, Pakistan, in a secret joint operation by Pakistani and American intelligence forces, according to American government ...