Taliban Commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar: a 'Formidable Foe'
It Was the focus of Operation Mountain Thrust, a US-commanded assault in 2006, but since then has been largely abandoned "Because of security fears: only its main population centers are held by a Dutch / Australian contingent of 2.500 troops.
Baradar Mullah Akhund, as he is also known, belongs to the Popalzai tribe, a branch of the Populous Durrani Pashtun tribe Which has Considerable numbers in Pakistan and also counts Hamid Karzai, the Afghan President, as a member.
According to Interpol, "Which has been on its website a United Nations Security Council Special Notice about Baradar, they also served as Deputy Minister of Defense for the Taliban regime and, since May 2007, has been a senior Taliban military commander and member of the 'Quetta Council ', the organization's strategic arm.
U.S. security reports describe him as ranking second in influence only Thurs Mullah Omar, and claim that he was a close associate of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden before the September 11 terror attacks.Read More Story,http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/7248549/Taliban-commander-Mullah-Abdul-Ghani-Baradar-a-formidable-foe.html
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