Taliban commander promoted after release from Guantánamo Bay into Afghan custody: report
Mullah Abdul Qayum Zakir has been appointed to replace Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was seized by Pakistan’s intelligence officials in Karachi last month.
Mullah Zakir was held in Guantánamo Bay in Cuba for years under his real name Abdullah Ghulam Rasoul before being handed over to a prison outside…
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