Mullah Baradar

Meeting comes amid reports that Baradar is reportedly not happy with clerics-dominated interim Taliban government

Both leaders made video statements to deny reports of schisms within the group hierarchy over caretaker set-up

FM Qureshi urges all sides to seize ‘historic opportunity’

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid says the call lasted more than 30 minutes

The challenge for both Pakistan and the US is the degree to which this relationship can sustain its newfound revival

Mullah Baradar was captured in a joint ISI-CIA raid in Karachi in 2010, released in October 2018