Abdul Ghani Baradar

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Mullah (عبدالغنی برادر) Abdul Ghani Baradar (* 1968 in Weetmak, Deh Rahwod District , Uruzgan ), also called Mullah Baradar Akhund , is an Afghan leader of the Taliban . He was the deputy of Mullah Mohammed Omar and a member of the Quetta Shura . In 2009 he was seen as the de facto leader of the Taliban.

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Baradar is a Durrani and Pashtun from the Popolzai tribe . Baradar fought in the Soviet-Afghan war and later became one of the founders of the Taliban.

During the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan he was Governor of Herat and Nimrus .

An unclassified U.S. State Department document listed him as Deputy Chief of Army Staff and Commander of Central Army Corps in Kabul while Interpol claims he was Deputy Secretary of Defense for the Taliban.

Reports of his death in an air strike in Helmand Province on August 30, 2007 were proven to be false. He was arrested by Inter-Services Intelligence and the CIA in Karachi , Pakistan , in February 2010 . A Taliban commander confirmed his detention to the press but alleged that he was captured during Operation Mushtarak in Helmand. Another spokesman disagreed with the arrest.

On September 10, 2013, Pakistani National Security and Foreign Policy Advisor Sartaj Aziz announced that Baradar would be released but would have to remain in Pakistan. This was intended to support the “ Afghan reconciliation process ”.

On October 25, 2018, he was finally released in Pakistan at the urging of the US. The US government saw him as a moderate Taliban negotiator who could contribute to the Freedens process in Afghanistan. On February 20, 2020, as a representative of the Taliban in Doha, he signed the withdrawal plan for US troops from Afghanistan. Direct negotiations with the Afghan government are to follow.

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  2. ^ Ron Moreau: America's New Nightmare , Newsweek . July 25, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2010. 
  3. ↑ Antonio Giustozzi: Koran, Kalashnikov, and Laptop: the neo-Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan . Columbia University Press, 2008, ISBN 0-231-70009-1 , p. 47 ( Accessed January 30, 2014).
  4. ^ Matthew Green: Taliban strategist was seen as future negotiator , Financial Times . February 16, 2010. 
  5. ^ Profiles: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar , BBC News . February 16, 2010. 
  6. ^ The Hunt For Bin Laden , TIME . November 26, 2001. Retrieved February 16, 2010. 
  7. ↑ Ludwig W. Adamec : Volume 30 of Historical Dictionary of Afghan wars, revolutions, and insurgencies . Rowman & Littlefield, 2005, ISBN 0-8108-4948-8 , pp. Lxxxiii (accessed January 30, 2014).
  8. ↑ B1, 1.4 (D) (PDF; 827 kB) United States Department of State . Retrieved February 16, 2010.
  9. ^ Top Taliban Commander Killed In Southern Afghanistan , Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty . Retrieved February 16, 2010. 
  10. ↑ Top Taliban Leader Killed in Afghanistan , ABC News . August 30, 2007. Archived from the original on February 19, 2010. Retrieved on February 16, 2010. 
  11. ^ Secret Joint Raid Captures Taliban's Top Commander , The New York Times . February 16, 2010. 
  12. ^ Afghanistan's Taliban Confirm Capture of Number-Two Commander , Bloomberg . February 15, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2014. 
  13. ^ Report: Taliban's top military commander captured , Associated Press . February 15, 2010. Retrieved January 5, 2014. 
  14. ↑ Pakistan wants to release the deputy chief of the Taliban . derstandard.at. September 10, 2013. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
  15. ↑ Pakistan frees Taliban co-founder . Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  16. ^ Afghan conflict: Trump hails deal with Taliban . Retrieved May 9, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Baradar, Abdul Ghani
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baradar Akhund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Afghan Taliban leader
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Weetmak , Deh Rahwod District , Uruzgan