Pakistan Releases Jailed Taliban Afghan Founder Mullah Baradar

Baradar is one of four men, including Mullah Omar, who founded the Taliban movement in 1994 [Screenshot Al Jazeera]

Al Jazeera: Afghan Taliban founder Mullah Baradar 'released' by Pakistan

Pakistan has released Afghanistan's Taliban leader from prison, a spokesman for the Taliban said on Thursday.

Pakistan has released the Afghan Taliban leader from prison, a spokesman for the Taliban announced on Thursday.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, also known as Mullah Baradar, is a co-founder of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan. He was arrested by Pakistani authorities in the southern port city of Karachi in 2010.

Pakistan has released Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, and he joined his family on Tuesday, Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Afghan Taliban, told Anadolu Agency.

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WNU editor: From the AP .... Mullah Baradar was the deputy of former Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and was among four who had founded the group in 1994. I do not see how his release will facilitate the "peace process".

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