Pakistan to free Taliban commander Baradar tomorrow

September 20, 2013 23:20

Pakistan today announced it will release former Afghan Taliban deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar tomorrow, meeting a long-standing demand of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

"In order to further facilitate the Afghan reconciliation process, the detained Taliban leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, would be released tomorrow," said a brief statement issued by Pakistan's Foreign Office this evening.

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