Thread: No.2 Afghan Taliban Leader Captured

Tracked down and arrested by joint CIA-Pakistani operation.. Didn't Copy/Paste that well, you might want to click the link at the bottom to read it. Much easier on the eyes.

[quote= Associated Press]
ISLAMABAD – The Taliban's top military commander has been arrested in a joint CIA-Pakistani operation in Pakistan in a major victory against the insurgents as U.S. troops push into their heartland in southern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the group's No. 2 leader behind Afghan Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar and a close associate of Osama bin Laden, was captured in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, two Pakistani intelligence officers and a senior U.S. official said.
They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release such sensitive information.
One Pakistani officer said Baradar was arrested 10 days ago with the assistance of the United States and "was talking" to his interrogators.
Baradar is the most senior Afghan Taliban leader arrested since the beginning of the Afghan war in 2001 following the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States.
His capture represents a significant success for the administration of President Barack Obama, which has vowed to kill or seize Taliban and al-Qaida leaders in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It follows the ramping up of CIA missile strikes against militant targets along the border between the two countries that have reportedly killed many midlevel commanders.
It was unclear how Baradar was tracked down. Pakistan's spy agency has been accused in the past of protecting top Taliban leaders believed sheltering in the country, frustrating Washington. Moving against Baradar could signal that Islamabad increasingly views the Afghan Taliban, or at least some of its members, as fair game.
There was also speculation that the arrest could be related in some way to a new push by the United States and its NATO allies to negotiate with moderate Afghan Taliban leaders as a way to end the eight-year war in Afghanistan. Pakistan has an important role in that process because of its close ]

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100216/...nistan_taliban

And now... supposedly "talking" with officials...

http://news.yahoo.com/video/world-15749633/18168520

Yup, he is Al Qaeda.

It's otay, we still love you.

If your University has a Terrorism Course... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE take it. You learn so much cool shit in there. Then again, many Universities do not have the privilege of having one of the leading experts in Terrorism. This guy has been to Iraq, Afghan, and pretty much ANYWHERE in the world where terrorism exists. Worked on International type shit.. he's a badass.

http://www.cj.txstate.edu/people/faculty/mullins.html

Ours is offered under Criminal Justice. I'm getting my BS in Criminal Justice and you need it to graduate. It interests me and it is also mandatory, so it's a win-win for me.