High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (born c. 1968), also called Mullah Baradar Akhund, is an Afghan Taliban leader. The deputy of Mullah Mohammed Omar and leader of the Quetta Shura, Baradar was largely seen as the de facto leader of the Taliban as of 2009. He was captured by U.S. and Pakistani forces in Pakistan on February 8, 2010, in a morning raid.