KABUL/ISLAMABAD: Afghan officials have held secret talks with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's former second-in-command who is in detention in Pakistan in a move which could help rekindle stalled peace talks with the insurgents, according to senior officials from both countries.Rangin Spanta, the national security adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai and an architect of peace-building efforts,
Afghan officials have publicly been demanding access to Baradar, the Taliban's top military commander until he was captured, but Spanta's revelation shows preliminary contact has already been made. Interior Minister Rehman Malik also said that Pakistan had granted Afghan officials access to Baradar. "They had access at the required and appropriate level," Malik told Reuters. "We are fully cooperating with Afghanistan and whatever they are asking for the peace process, for developing peace in Afghanistan. We are giving every kind of help."
Baradar was the main day-to-day commander responsible for leading the Taliban campaign against US and NATO troops, plotting suicide bombings and other attacks. He was the right-hand man to reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Muhammed Omar, who gave him the nickname Baradar (brother), providing him with great influence and prestige in Taliban circles.
Afghan officials hope Baradar could play a key role in any negotiations to end the war, acting as a go-between with Taliban leaders, including Omar. Afghan and US officials have publicly acknowledged little success in efforts to re-start peace talks, which the Taliban suspended after accusing the US officials of failing to honour confidence-building promises. That setback refocused attention on nascent efforts by the Afghan government to open its own channels with insurgent intermediaries, despite the fact the Taliban publicly say they will not talk to what they deem an illegitimate "puppet" government.
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