Captured Taliban leader helping with peace talks

June 24, 2013 13:18

Senior Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who is currently being held by Pakistani authorities, was instrumental in bringing the militant leadership to the negotiating table, according to a media report.

Baradar, Mullah Omar's former second-in-command, was captured in Karachi in 2010 by a joint team of CIA and Pakistani intelligence officers. He has been quietly communicating with the Taliban leadership and with US and Afghan officials over the past few months, an unnamed foreign ministry official was quoted as saying by The Express Tribune.

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