Taliban commander ‘seized in Pakistan’
A man described as the top Afghan Taliban military commander and named as Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has been captured in Pakistan, US officials say. The government has yet to confirm the arrest; the Taliban have denied it. Pakistani authorities have beefed up security at the Afghan border after NATO launched Operation Moshtarak against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Jason Margolis has more.
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