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| Mullah Baradar released? |
| 2010-10-16 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Daily Times has learnt from credible sources that Mullah Ghani Baradar, who was jugged earlier this year from Karachi, had been "freed" due to mediation with the Taliban leadership. Mulla Baradar was caught by a special team of the ISI and the CIA hit squad in Karachi in an action, which resembled any Hollywood flick. Earlier, it was Daily Times which broke the news about certain Arab envoys, who were active in the back-channel diplomacy with the consent of Pak and American leadership to solve the Afghan crisis. Talking to Daily Times, a Taliban leader did not confirm or denied the reports about Mullah Baradar, but commented "Baradar was never jugged in the first place". It is to be noted that Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai was extremely angry at the arrest of Mullah Baradar, who saw it as a dent to the on-going peace talks between Kabul and Taliban. Initially, the arrest was taken as a sign of anger by the ISI which wanted to micro-manage the talks, and would want Islamabad's active role in the move. The Federal Interior Ministry had failed to comment on the story, while the Americans also did not confirm the story but as per sources "the folks in Washington DC had given a nod for the release of Baradar", and that the Americans and the British were aware of the situation. A western diplomat commented, "This could be the biggest risk we are taking to seal a deal in Afghanistan but I am not too optimistic about it." "That's about as far as I can go on that at this point," he said. US and NATO leaders said on Thursday they were ready to help the Afghan president to pursue reconciliation efforts with the Taliban. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 hopefully those weekly intel reports he provides will keep the dronezaps productive, but sssshhhh don't tell anyone. Oh....wait.. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-10-16 10:04 |