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Taliban commander Mullah Baradar 'seized in Pakistan'  Map
showing Nooriabad  A man described as the top Afghan Taliban
military commander and named as Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar has
been captured in Pakistan, US officials say.  He was seized in a
morning raid on a madrassa near Karachi by Pakistan's ISI
intelligence service on 8 February, a security source told the
BBC.  The government has yet to confirm the arrest; the Taliban
have denied it.  The capture comes amid a major Nato-led
offensive against the Taliban in southern Afghanistan.  While
the raid on Madarassa Khuddamul Quran - near the Nooriabad
Industrial Estate some 45km (28 miles) from Karachi - was led by
the ISI, it is not clear at the moment whether US officials were
involved.  Correspondents say Mullah Baradar is reported to be
in charge of all long-term strategic military planning for the
Taliban in southern Afghanistan and, if confirmed, his arrest
will have a very big effect on the T