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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4976423" data-attributes="member: 48469">&quot;In 2010, Baradar was captured by the United States and was imprisoned in Pakistan until 2018. During that time, however, officials inside and outside Afghanistan considered him one of the few Taliban leaders who they might be able to negotiate with.In 2018, as negotiations to end the Afghanistan war were taking shape, the Trump administration urged Pakistan to release Baradar. He would become the head of the Taliban’s political office in Doha, Qatar, from which he would participate in the negotiations.The United States’ <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-envoy-touted-peace-afghanistan-18-months-later-peace-n1276811" target="_blank">special envoy</a> for the talks, Zalmay Khalilzad, confirmed the U.S. role in releasing Baradar in <a href="https://www.usip.org/events/special-representative-zalmay-khalilzad-prospects-peace-afghanistan" target="_blank">remarks</a> at the U.S. Institute of Peace on Feb. 8, 2019.His release &quot;was my request,&quot; Khalilzad said at the Institute of Peace forum. The Pakistani government &quot;accommodated that,&quot; he said.&quot; ¯\_(ツ)_/¯</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4976423, member: 48469"] "In 2010, Baradar was captured by the United States and was imprisoned in Pakistan until 2018. During that time, however, officials inside and outside Afghanistan considered him one of the few Taliban leaders who they might be able to negotiate with. In 2018, as negotiations to end the Afghanistan war were taking shape, the Trump administration urged Pakistan to release Baradar. He would become the head of the Taliban’s political office in Doha, Qatar, from which he would participate in the negotiations. The United States’ [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/u-s-envoy-touted-peace-afghanistan-18-months-later-peace-n1276811']special envoy[/URL] for the talks, Zalmay Khalilzad, confirmed the U.S. role in releasing Baradar in [URL='https://www.usip.org/events/special-representative-zalmay-khalilzad-prospects-peace-afghanistan']remarks[/URL] at the U.S. Institute of Peace on Feb. 8, 2019. His release "was my request," Khalilzad said at the Institute of Peace forum. The Pakistani government "accommodated that," he said." [SIZE=7] ¯\_(ツ)_/¯[/SIZE] [/QUOTE]

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