The Western media, especially after Mullah Abdul Ghani Akhund and some other high-up Talibans where pinned down by ISI/CIA, are trying to understand the ISI and the Pakistani army again. When news of Ghani’s arrest broke, the first reaction was “yeah, finally they do what we want”, only to be immediately followed by “I am sure they are tricking us again” (claiming that the ISI captured him in Karachi making sure he could be kept in their custody and wouldn’t be interrogated by ISAF/CIA at Bagram, Penetta yesterday requested a transfer there). The media is trying to judge how the ISI and Kayani may tick from news reports, while the journalists themself have probably never even met an ISI officer in person.
Yes of course they are tricking the CIA and the Americans. They always have and will do until we learn to speak their language, until we are willing to listen to them and understand their demands as well. We are not. The West wants the ISI to cooperate for its own National security and not for Pakistani interests – just telling them “but the Taliban are your enemy too”, something Pakistan understands is obviously not enough.
However, according to a statement made tonight to the AFP by a Taliban spokesman the report of the capture is untrue.
“Baradar is currently in Afghanistan, where he is leading all Jihadi’s activities. He is with us and is in contact with us,” the Taliban spokesman told the AFP. According to the Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi, the US is “spreading the report of Baradar’s capture to make up for the failure in Marjah”.
Source: http://newsjunkiepost.com/2010/02/16/afpak-obamas-secret-war-in-pakistan/
Earlier, there are also reports that Pakistan is not interested in handing over Baradar to NATO forces in Afghanistan.