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| Karzai welcomes the release of Taliban leaders from Pakistani jails |
| 2018-10-28 |
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The former Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ...A product, and probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance... welcomed the release of a number of senior Taliban ...Arabic for students... leaders including Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar from Pak jails. The Office of the President in a statement said the former President Hamid Karzai welcomes the Pak government’s move regarding the release of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Mullah Mohammad Rasool, and some other Taliban leaders from the jails. Karzai further added that the release of Taliban leaders from the jails is a positive step forward for the Afghan peace and stability in Afghanistan. He said efforts were also made during his tenure for the release of Mullah Baradar and Taliban leaders and conditions were also set for the meeting between the former Afghan High Peace Council Chief Salahuddin Rabbani and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Karzai expressed hopes that the Taliban leadership would make good use of the opportunity which has been made available with the release of Mullah Baradar and take effective steps in coordination with the efforts of the Afghan people to bring peace and stability in the country. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #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. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2018-10-28 22:30 |
| #1 He's on the other side |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-10-28 10:25 |