It will be surprising if Pakistan Military and specially its secret service ISI do not know the whereabouts Taliban supreme leader, Mullah Omar or Al Qaeda’s Bin Laden and al-Zawahari. Taliban are after all were the created by ISI after Soviet’s exit from Afghanistan in late eighties. The capture of Mullah Baradar is not that significant. It is likely that it was done by ISI to win US confidence and to get more US aid. Taliban is a very puritan and conservative Wahabi type sect and agreement they will reach would be for short term advantage to serve their interest. Don’t expect long term solutions dealing with them.
The key to success in dealing with Taliban is to have dialogue with Afghanistan’s large Pashtun population and to facilitate their active participation in the political process. However, their leaders need US protection and security from Taliban attacks to move ahead with a political solution.
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