KABUL – Clearing the air on the rumours of the release of Taliban leaders from Pakistan, the embassy of Pakistan in Kabul on Sunday confirmed that Islamabad has released Afghan Taliban’s co-founder and former second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
A spokesperson for the embassy said Mullah Abdul Samad Sani, another senior Taliban commander, has also been set free.
It emerged on media earlier that the senior members of Taliban had been released to facilitate the Afghan peace process.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pakistan-releases-top-leader-of-afghan-taliban/
The release will help ensure that the Taliban in Afghanistan attend talks launched by US special representative Zalmay Khalilzad.
Pakistan has released Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, and he joined his family on Tuesday, Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban, told media.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/us-special-envoy-calls-on-fm-qureshi-to-hold-talks-on-afghan-reconciliation-process/
Mullah Baradar fled to Pakistan after the US-led invasion toppled the Taliban government and was later arrested in 2010 during an intelligence-based operation in Karachi. during an operation in Karachi.
