Pakistan has granted some concessions to key Afghan Taliban leaders in its custody, including Mullah Omar's deputy Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, shifting them to "roomier facilities" and allowing them to make telephonic contact with their families.

Baradar and about 10 other important Taliban commanders, including former Justice Minister Mullah Nooruddin Turabi, have also been allowed visits by a few persons like their relatives, the Pakistan Today daily reported quoting its sources. The detained Afghan Taliban leaders have been shifted to "roomier facilities" from different detention centres and are now at "somewhat comfortable places," the report said.

The move comes close on the heels of the release of around a dozen mid-ranking Afghan Taliban leaders by Pakistan during a recent visit to Islamabad by the Afghan High Peace Council.

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