U.S. national security officials acknowledge that the capture two weeks ago of Mullah Abdel Ghani Baradar, military commander of the Afghan Taliban, was largely a stroke of luck. Two U.S. officials, ...

FILE PHOTO: Taliban's negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar attends the Afghan peace conference in Moscow (Reuters) - Afghanistan's acting deputy prime minister Abdul Ghani Baradar appeared in a video ...

Yesterday the New York Times broke the story of the capture of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the operational leader of the Afghan Taliban and the highest-ranking insurgent figure captured since the war ...

Feared Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar — who was once nicknamed “Baradar the Butcher” — will lead the new Afghan government, sources within the militant group told Reuters. The new ...

It is important to give credit where credit is due: Capturing Afghan Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar is a good thing. As the Taliban’s top military commander and influential leader, he no doubt ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Afghan Taliban's worst fears came true Monday, when word leaked that Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the top-ranking ...

Taliban co-founder and political chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who is considered a relative moderate within the hard-line Islamist group, will lead the new government in Afghanistan, Reuters ...

In Washington, officials are crowing about the capture of the Taliban’s top military commander several days ago during a secret raid by CIA and Pakistani intelligence agents in the port city of ...