Pakistan Denies It Is Holding Taliban's No. 2 Man

Pakistan has denied the Afghan Taliban's claim that its second-in-command, Mullah Baradar, has not been freed, as Pakistan promised. In a text message to journalists, a spokesman for Pakistan's Foreign Office, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, said Baradar was a free man. "As far as we are concerned, he is free to meet and contact anyone to advance the cause of reconciliation," Chaudhry's message read. The Taliban in Afghanistan disputed Pakistan's announcement last month ...

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