Afghanistan hopes the release of Baradar, former Taliban second-in-command, will tempt moderate Taliban leaders to negotiate in the peace process. (Reuters)
Pakistan 'Frees Top Taliban Leader Abdul Ghani Baradar' -- BBC
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, co-founder of the Afghan Taliban, has been freed from jail in Pakistan, reports say.
There is no official confirmation. The Afghan government had requested his release to boost the Afghan peace process and has hailed the move.
Mullah Baradar is one of the four men who founded the Taliban movement in Afghanistan in 1994.
He became a linchpin of the insurgency after the Taliban were toppled by the US-led invasion in 2001.
He was captured in the Pakistani city of Karachi in 2010.
News of Mullah Baradar's release came from officials of the interior ministry. However, a spokesman later denied the reports.
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