News Alert: Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s de facto leader, has arrived in Afghanistan. He pushed for a U.S. withdrawal in 2020 peace talks.

Baradar, a chief Taliban negotiator and head of the group's political office, arrived Tuesday in the southern city of Kandahar for the first time since the insurgents swept to power in a stunning offensive over the weekend. Baradar, a founding member of the Taliban, was released from prison in Pakistan in 2018 at the request of the U.S. government so that he could serve as the group's leader in peace talks. As the face of the Taliban, he addressed the nation in a recorded video statement from Doha, Qatar, on Sunday. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for alerts News Alert Aug. 17, 10:49 a.m. EDT Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's de facto leader, has arrived in Afghanistan. He pushed for a U.S. withdrawal in 2020 peace talks. Baradar, a chief Taliban negotiator and head of the group's political office, arrived Tuesday in the southern city of Kandahar for the first time since the insurgents swept to power in a stunning offensive over the weekend. Baradar, a founding member of the Taliban, was released from prison in Pakistan in 2018 at the request of the U.S. government so that he could serve as the group's leader in peace talks. As the face of the Taliban, he addressed the nation in a recorded video statement from Doha, Qatar, on Sunday. Read more   Advertisement

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