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  • Report: Taliban's top military commander captured (in Karachi, Pakistan, in a raid)

    02/15/2010 9:00:45 PM PST · by NormsRevenge · 55 replies · 2,009+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 2/15/10 | AP
    WASHINGTON – The Taliban's top military commander has been captured in Pakistan in a joint operation by Pakistani and U.S. intelligence forces, The New York Times reported. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, described as the No. 2 behind Taliban founder and Osama bin Laden associate Mullah Muhammad Omar, has been in Pakistan's custody for several days, ... Baradar was captured in Karachi, Pakistan, in a raid by Pakistan's Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, with CIA operatives accompanying the Pakistanis, the Times reported. Pakistan has been leading the interrogation of Baradar, but Americans were also involved, it said. ... If confirmed, Baradar's arrest...