Top Taliban Commander Captured

The AP reports that the "Taliban's top military commander has been captured in Pakistan in a joint operation by Pakistani and US intelligence forces, the New York Times reported overnight Monday. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been in Pakistan's custody for several days, the newspaper reported on its Web site, quoting US government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. Baradar was captured in Karachi, Pakistan, in a raid by Pakistan's Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, with CIA operatives accompanying the Pakistanis, the Times reported. Pakistan has been leading the interrogation of Baradar, but Americans were also involved, it said. The Times described Baradar as the No. 2 behind Taliban founder and Osama bin Laden associate Mullah Muhammad Omar. Baradar has been running the battlefield command for the Taliban since the 2006 death of Taliban military chief Mullah Akhtar Mohammed Usmani." Tweet