Editing Abdul Ghani Baradar (section)

== Biography ==

=== Birth ===
Informations on Abdul's birth aren't certain. In fact, according to the United Nations Security Council Consolidated List, Abdul was born in 1968 in the Yatimak village of Deh Rawood District in Uruzgan Province of the Kingdom of Afghanistan. However, his identity documents clames that his year of birth is 1963 and his date and place of birth is the 29th September 1963 in Uruzgan.

=== Meeting with [[Mohammed Omar]] ===
According to Dutch journalist Bette Dam, he and Muhammed Omar became friends when they were teenagers, but ''Newsweek'' says that Omar and Baradar may be brothers-in-law via marriage to two sisters.

=== During the Soviet-Afghan War ===
He fought during the the Soviet–Afghan War in Kandahar, serving as [[Mohammed Omar|Omar's]] deputy in a group of Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet-backed Afghan government. He later operated a madrassa in Maiwand, Kandahar Province.

=== Foundation of the [[Taliban]] ===
In 1994, he was one of four men, who founded the [[Taliban]] in southern Afghanistan. During Taliban rule (1996–2001), Baradar held a variety of posts: he was reportedly governor of Herat and Nimruz provinces, and/or the Corps Commander for western Afghanistan, Deputy Chief of Army Staff, Commander of Central Army Corps and Deputy Minister of Defense.

=== War in Afghanistan ===
After [[Al-Qaeda]]'s [[September 11 attacks]], the United States invaded Afghanistan and deposed the [[Taliban]] with the help of Afghan forces. Baradar fought against the U.S.-supported Northern Alliance and, according to ''Newsweek'', he hopped on a motorcycle and drove his old friend [[Mohammed Omar|Omar]] to safety in the mountains in November 2001 as Taliban defenses were crumbling.

After, the new Afghan government was created. Now, Baradar found himself fighting international forces and the newly formed Afghan government. Baradar eventually rose to lead the Quetta Shura and became the leader of the [[Taliban]], directing the insurgency from Pakistan.

=== Arrestement ===
Baradar was arrested by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) towards late January or early February 2010 in Karachi. Eventually, he was released in mid-October 2018.

=== Aftermath ===
Baradar was appointed a deputy to the supreme leader of the [[Taliban]] and the chief of the [[Taliban]]'s political office, in January 2019. 
[[File:Abdul Ghani Baradar and Zalmay Khalilzad after signing the Doha Agreement in Qatar.png|left|thumb|243x243px|Abdul Ghani Baradar and Zalmay Khalilzad after signing the Doha Agreement in Qatar.]]
Then, in February 2020, Baradar signed the Doha Agreement on the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan on behalf of the [[Taliban]]. On the 17th August 2021, Baradar returned to Afghanistan for the first time since the fall of the first Taliban government in 2001.

=== Overthrown of the government of Ashraf Ghani ===
After the overthrown of Ashraf Ghani's government in Afghanistan in August 2021, it was rumored that he would have become  the president of Afghanistan. On the 23rd August 2021, CIA Director William J. Burns held a secret meeting with Baradar in Kabul to discuss the 31th  August deadline for a U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.