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 ...

The Taliban’s top military commander was captured several days ago in Karachi, Pakistan, in a secret joint operation by Pakistani and American intelligence forces, according to American government ...

Authorities have been questioning Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the second in command of the Afghan Taliban, who was arrested earlier this month in Pakistan. Analyst Brian Fishman tells Renee Montagne ...

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 ...

Abdul Ghani Baradar, known as Mullah Baradar, is a co-founder of the Taliban and senior leader of the militant Islamist group who is expected to hold a top role in governing Afghanistan in the wake of ...

The Taliban said on Tuesday (August 17) one of its leaders and co-founders, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, had returned to Afghanistan for the first time in more than 10 years. A group spokesperson said ...

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that he—and not President Joe Biden—had the strength to personally threaten Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar with U.S. aggression, prompting ...

Exiled Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was shown getting a hero’s welcome from the extremist group as he arrived back in Afghanistan this week — as formal negotiations started Wednesday ...

The biographies of top Taliban leaders are vague for a reason: secrecy has often been the key to survival. Take the one-eyed cleric who founded the movement, Mullah Mohammad Omar. After a U.S.-led ...

The Pentagon announced last night a drone strike in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province against the group responsible for Thursday's deadly attack outside the airport and in Kabul. That airport's being ...

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's top political leader, emerged from a 20-year exile this week, landing Tuesday in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, the birthplace of the Islamic movement ...

During a strange moment in Tuesday’s presidential debate, Donald Trump made a passing reference to “Abdul” — no last name — and said that as president, he sent a picture of Abdul’s own house to him as ...