Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Another High-Ranking Taliban Leader Captured in Pakistan
Fox News/AP ^ | Feb. 17, 2010

Posted on 02/17/2010 10:12:01 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY

Another high-ranking leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan has been captured by a joint U.S.-Pakistani intelligence operation in Pakistan, Fox News has confirmed.

The capture of the Taliban leader, Mullah Salam, first reported by Newsweek magazine, comes on the heels of news that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's No. 2, had been captured early this month in Pakistan.

A Pakistani officer told the Associated Press that Baradar "was talking" after his capture, but there is no indication that he provided information leading to the apprehension of Salam, who is known as a "shadow governor" in his region of Afghanistan.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; baradar; pakistan; taliban

1 posted on 02/17/2010 10:12:01 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY

Picking them up, or off, one at a time, unless we get a gathering of scum, in which case we get a wholesale bunch with one JDAM.

I love modern technology but am still a fan of napalm, which in the case of Al Qaeda and the Taliban brings me back to H. Rap Brown’s old saying, “Burn, Baby, Burn.”


2 posted on 02/17/2010 10:14:36 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY

Hopefully, they keep talking.


3 posted on 02/17/2010 10:15:18 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY

ISI is letting these captures happen and the irony is that none of the US media is asking or delving into why.


4 posted on 02/17/2010 10:39:37 PM PST by cranked
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Free ThinkerNY

How many mullahs are there? Is it really just a prefix like “mister” in arabic?


5 posted on 02/17/2010 10:41:41 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cranked

The ISI is just punking the US to keep the Taliban under control and the US Taxpayer dollars coming in...I don’t believe a word from either ISI or Obama’s administration.


6 posted on 02/17/2010 11:05:09 PM PST by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson