Taliban Military Chief Mullah Baradar captured by Pakistan

[Awesome]

We used to call him Mullah Biradar. Biradar means brother.

Who is we?

 

[Awesome]

This is indeed a significant catch that has exposed our denials about the presence of the Taliban leadership on our soil. I wonder how could we deny the existence of Quetta Shura anymore. i am quite certain ever since the collapse of taliban that top leaders are hiding in Pakistan helped by our own intelligence agencies or their former agents who were fell victim to reverse brainwashing. this is impossible that our agencies didnt know about Mullah Biradar.
i am pretty sure Mullah Omar and others are also on our soil.
Biradar used our soil for eight years to kill hundreds of people and lead an insurgency in Afghanistan. The fact is we are responsible for whosoever uses our soil for criminal, terror, or illegal activities in other countries.
I agree with some writers here that Biradar's arrest was an indication from Pakistan to be given the right to say in the future political dispensation of Afghanistan. A kind of goodwill gesture.

There is no evidence of all of that. We have been saying what we did because there was no evidence.

About this guy, its looking more and more like he was in Karachi because he was in hiding and not because he had any sort of base operations there. - Probably outskirts of Karachi which are infested with the Afghan refugees.

 

[The Patriot]

Who is we?

oh sorry i should have elaborated that. i meant here the Pashtun journalist community. Biradar is not very uncommon name in Pashtuns and we pronounce it like Biradar.

 

[TaimiKhan]

There is no evidence of all of that. We have been saying what we did because there was no evidence.

About this guy, its looking more and more like he was in Karachi because he was in hiding and not because he had any sort of base operations there. - Probably outskirts of Karachi which are infested with the Afghan refugees.

Was in hiding or there for negotiations with the Americans.

???????

 

[The Patriot]

There is no evidence of all of that. We have been saying what we did because there was no evidence.

About this guy, its looking more and more like he was in Karachi because he was in hiding and not because he had any sort of base operations there. - Probably outskirts of Karachi which are infested with the Afghan refugees.

Biradar was in charge of the insurgency in Afghanistan. How could he do that without any operational base or networking.

 

[s90]

Baradar more dangerous than Omar

By Zahid Hussain

ISLAMABAD: Known as a brilliant and charismatic military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was the second-most powerful figure in Afghanistan’s Taliban movement.

He was described by many terrorism experts as more cunning and dangerous than even the Taliban supreme leader and his old friend Mullah Omar.

Mullah Baradar’s capture from a place on the outskirts of Karachi was the result of increasing US pressure on Pakistan to pursue a policy of killing or capturing the Taliban leadership believed to be hiding in the country.

The detention of one of their most powerful commander sent a clear message to the Taliban leadership that Pakistan was no more a safe haven for them.

Pakistani intelligence had been keeping a close track of the movement of the Taliban leadership which had earlier moved freely.

Mullah Baradar’s arrest demonstrated increasing cooperation between the Central Intelligence Agency and Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence.

Mullah Baradar has been credited for rebuilding the Taliban into an effective fighting force and running the group’s day-to-day affairs for the past many years with Mullah Omar taking a back seat because of his falling health.

Besides heading the Taliban’s military operations, he ran the group’s leadership council, also known as the Quetta Shura because its leaders have been thought to be hiding for years near Quetta.

Mullah Baradar was born in 1968 in Weetmak, a village in Afghanistan’s Oruzgan province. As a young man he participated in the Afghan Mujahideen war against the Soviet forces.

It was during the war that he came to know of Mullah Omar. They fought side by side against the communist forces. Some reports suggest that the two had married two sisters.

After the withdrawal of Soviet forces and collapse of the communist regime in Kabul in 1992, Mullah Baradar and Mullah Omar settled down in the southern Afghan district of Maiwand where they ran their own madressah.

When Mullah Omar started a revolt in 1994 against local warlords with a force of some 30 men, Mullah Baradar was among the first recruits. That was also the beginning the Taliban movement which in 1996 swept Kabul and established a hard line conservative regime.

He first served as Taliban’s corps commander for western Afghanistan and later as the garrison commander of Kabul where he directed the fight against rival Mujahideen commanders in the north.

He was with Mullah Omar when US bombs pounded Kandahar in November 2001. According to some reports it was Mullah Baradar who hopped on a motorcycle and drove his old friend to safety in the mountains.

Many terrorism experts describe Mullah Baradar as the most skilled military leader who spearheaded the fighting in southern Afghanistan. His forces were responsible for inflicting heavy casualties on the Western forces last year.

He also conducted the Taliban’s financial operations, allocated Taliban funds, appointed military commanders and designed military tactics.

Mullah Baradar was quoted last year as telling his fighters not to confront US soldiers possessing superior firepower, but to operate using guerrilla tactics.

He was said to be responsible for the Taliban tactic of planting “flowers” -- improvised explosive devices (IEDs) -- along roadsides.

Mullah Baradar was believed to have been often travelling to Karachi to meet other members of the so-called Quetta Shura or leadership council who had moved to the port city in recent months.

The intelligence sharing and cooperation between the United States and Pakistan has broadened and deepened in recent months.

The recent CIA drone strikes in South Waziristan that killed top Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud and his successor Hakimullah Mehsud are indicative of the improved relationship between the two allies.

The capture of Mullah Baradar came when American and Afghan forces are in the midst of a major offensive in southern Afghanistan.

Defence analysts said Mullah Baradar’s arrest had dealt a serious blow to Taliban which had expanded its influence to a large part of Afghanistan.

But some analysts warn that its impact would not change the course of war in Afghanistan. “One should be cautious in assessing its net impact,” said Maliha Lodhi, a former ambassador to Washington.


©2010 DAWN Media Group

 

[Awesome]

Biradar was in charge of the insurgency in Afghanistan. How could he do that without any operational base or networking.

We know about his insurgency back in 2009, mostly his ideas on hit and run tactics and minimizing Taliban losses.

What's he been up to recently? Three weeks ago, NYT reported Pakistanis are in hunt for him and now hes caught.

I can't say this with certainty, but it can be put up as a working theory.

 

[Awesome]

Was in hiding or there for negotiations with the Americans.

???????

Both of them, possibly. None of them, possibly. One of them, also possible.

 

[s90]

 

[TaimiKhan]

Both of them, possibly. None of them, possibly. One of them, also possible.

hahahahahahhaahhaha, good one Sir.

But something is fishy, this is a crucial time for the Taliban in Afghanistan, especially as there is an on going offensive, thus the Taliban want their commanders to be nearby so that things can be controlled. His being in Karachi doesn't makes sense, until and unless he was there for some extreme important thing. And ISI picking him up is also very awkward, kuch khichri zaroor hai

 

[fawwaxs]

ISPR confirms Mullah Baradar’s arrest

ISLAMABAD: The chief spokesman for Pakistan's military Wednesday confirmed that Afghan Taliban No. 2 leader Mullah Baradar has been arrested.

Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas' statement was the first official confirmation that Baradar is in Pakistani custody.

Pakistani and US officials said Tuesday that Baradar was arrested earlier this month in Karachi in what is being interpreted as a major blow to the militant movement in Afghanistan and a boost to US efforts in the war there.

Abbas said in a message sent to reporters that ''detailed identification procedures'' had been completed and that Mullah Baradar was among several people arrested recently. He did not give any other details of the arrest, citing security reasons.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | ISPR confirms Mullah Baradar?s arrest

 

[EvoluXon]

DG ISPR Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas confirms reports of capturing Taliban no 2 Mullah Baradar.guyz i think pakistan makes a strategic blunder.Its foolish idea to make more enemy when you have enough enemy to deal with.These type of moves force us to think that Pakistan army has become mercenary of UsA

 

[booo]

are you okay dude? you are more worried about "pakistan becoming mercinary of USA" than "people getting killed in the streets of pakistan" due to these bastards.

 

[fatman17]

ISPR confirms Mullah Baradar’s arrest

ISLAMABAD: The chief spokesman for Pakistan's military Wednesday confirmed that Afghan Taliban No. 2 leader Mullah Baradar has been arrested.

Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas' statement was the first official confirmation that Baradar is in Pakistani custody.

Pakistani and US officials said Tuesday that Baradar was arrested earlier this month in Karachi in what is being interpreted as a major blow to the militant movement in Afghanistan and a boost to US efforts in the war there.

Abbas said in a message sent to reporters that ''detailed identification procedures'' had been completed and that Mullah Baradar was among several people arrested recently. He did not give any other details of the arrest, citing security reasons.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | ISPR confirms Mullah Baradar?s arrest

i wonder if our 'interior minister' is reading this !!!

 

[fawwaxs]

i wonder if our 'interior minister' is reading this !!!

Really he is out of his mind!