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[...] From the WJS: One of the Taliban’s top leaders has been captured in Pakistan in a joint operation by Pakistani and American intelligence operatives, U.S. officials said Monday. The man, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the group’s military chief, is the highest-ranking Taliban figure to be caught since the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan. He effectively functions as the Afghan Taliban’s second in command, and his capture represents a major victory in the battle against the militants—and the effort to secure greater Pakistani cooperation in the fight. Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence spy agency, which U.S. officials have long complained aids some elements of the Taliban, led the operation to capture Mr. Baradar, who was detained in the Arabian Sea port city of Karachi. Mr. Baradar is being questioned by the ISI with the CIA’s involvement, and a U.S. official in the region said his capture had proved “really valuable.” The official wouldn’t elaborate. He has been in custody for about two weeks and “is providing intelligence information,” another American official said. “It’s a very significant takedown.” From the Wall Street Journal: MARJAH, Afghanistan—U.S. Marines sent reinforcements to a beleaguered outpost where insurgent fighters were using women and children to carry weapons and shield their attacks on coalition forces. Marines filed through a field toward Marjah. In the first 24 hours of the assault, which began before dawn Saturday, one U.S. Marine and one British soldier were killed. Meanwhile, coalition forces confirmed at least 15 civilian deaths since the operation began. In the three-day-old battle for control of this key southern town—the biggest coalition offensive since the Taliban government fell in 2001—insurgents appear to be making their fiercest stand at the central Koru Chareh bazaar and a dense residential area the Marines dubbed the Pork Chop for its shape. From Sunday’s 60 Minuets episode, amazing how complex the situations are these men have to deal with on a [...] Good article I ran over today, thought you guys might like to have a read… GENEVA — Western powers now in Afghanistan run the risk of suffering the fate of the Soviet Union there if they cannot halt the growing insurgency and an Afghan perception that they are foreign invaders, according to Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former U.S. [...] |
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