Taliban commander Mullah Baradar seized in Pakistan

[Vidboy10]

A man described as the top Taliban military commander and named as Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been captured in Pakistan, US officials say.
Said to be the Taliban's overall number two, he was captured in a secret US-Pakistani raid in Karachi several days ago, The New York Times reported.
Senior officials later confirmed the report, saying Mullah Baradar was "providing intelligence".
"This operation was an enormous success," one official told ABC News.
"It is a very big deal," the official said.
The New York Times, citing US government sources, said the prisoner was the most significant Taliban figure to be detained since the US-led war in Afghanistan began in 2001.
His capture comes as Nato and Afghan troops are carrying out a major offensive against Taliban militants in southern Afghanistan.
But a Taliban spokesman denied the reports, saying Mullah Baradar was still in Afghanistan actively organising the group's military and political activities.
"He has not been captured. They want to spread this rumour just to divert the attention of people from their defeats in Marjah and confuse the public," Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters news agency, referring to the US-led Nato offensive in the Marjah area of Helmand province.
Little is known about Mullah Baradar, but he is said to rank second only in influence to the Taliban's spiritual leader, Mullar Muhammad Omar, who has been hiding from Western agencies since the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001.
Senior intelligence officials voiced hope he would provide the location of Mullah Omar.
The BBC's North America editor Mark Mardell, in Washington, says Mullah Baradar is a "big fish" who runs the Taliban's day-to-day operations, both military and financial.
He allocates Taliban funds, appoints military commanders and designs military tactics, our correspondent says.
Mullah Baradar was quoted last year as telling his troops not to confront US soldiers with their superior firepower, but to operate using guerrilla tactics.
He is said to be responsible for the Taliban tactic of planting "flowers" - improvised explosive devices (IEDs) - along roadsides.

MULLAH BARADAR
*Second-in-charge behind Taliban founder Mullah Omar
*In charge of Taliban's military operations and financial affairs
*Born in Dehrawood District, Uruzgan Province, in 1948
*Former defence minister for the Taliban regime

The New York Times said the Karachi raid was conducted by Pakistan's Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and CIA operatives, citing officials.
The newspaper said it learned of the operation on Thursday, but delayed reporting it after a request by White House officials. They said disclosing it would end a very successful intelligence drive.
US officials later acknowledged the news, saying it was becoming broadly known in the region.
According to Interpol Mullah Baradar was born in 1968, and served as deputy minister of defence for the Taliban regime in Afghanistan before it was toppled in 2001.
He has been subject to UN sanctions including a travel ban, an arms embargo and the freezing of assets.
Although little is known for certain about Mullah Baradar, he was reported to have engaged in an e-mail exchange with Newsweek magazine in July 2009, in which he vowed to "inflict maximum losses" on US forces in Afghanistan.
"In every nook and corner of the country, a spirit for jihad is raging," the magazine quoted him as saying.

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Good, Very good.

 

[Lubbo]

tis very good

 

[Bladexdsl]

execute him on live tv!

 

[Opium]

execute him on live tv!

That'd make the US as bad as the terrorists.

 

[Bladexdsl]

execute him on live tv!

That'd make the US as bad as the terrorists.

but would show the world and the rest of the Taliban they mean business
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"In every nook and corner of the country, a spirit for jihad is raging," the magazine quoted him as saying.

they been saying that shit for 10 years now yawn it's getting OLD get a new line you morons

 

[TrolleyDave]

execute him on live tv!

/me shakes head in disappointment

but would show the world and the rest of the Taliban they mean business

No, it would show that we're hypocrites for calling for their removal for behaving exactly the same as we would or do.

QUOTE(Bladexdsl @ Feb 16 2010, 11:23 PM)

execute him on live tv!

That'd make the US as bad as the terrorists.

Totally agree Opium mate.

 

[thegame07]

I'm all for capturing these idiots but all thats going to happen now is they will find a new number 2 in command to take over. I hate to say this, the Taliban are basically undefeatable. The Taliban don't care if they die or if the lives of their own people are lost they will fight to the end, while they gain new recruits everyday, They have nothing to lose. We can chase them out of citys but they will just move to another city or spread across the Middle East It's a never ending battle and the question is when are we going to call it a day? The next generation of taliban will be prepared to fight all the way aswell.

 

[shakirmoledina]

i was told that pakistan created a monster to fight i think india but then the monster got out of control and extremism grew... now it haunts them (by the way the monster is taliban - the deviated)

 

[saxamo]

YOURE WELCOME. Nobody gives credit where credit is due. I spent 3 weeks living under the sand and my work paid off.

Anyway, the taliban is founded on opposition to NATO and continues to fight against the israel/palistine conflict. But i'm not saying they have a right to do what they do. They're incredibly sexist, very hierarchical, not really striving to create a better world. But I can see where all their gipes lay.