The former Deputy Prime Minister

Deputy Prime Minister

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 of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Mullah Kabir later commanded insurgent forces in resisting the 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan in Nangarhar.

In April 2002 Abdul Razzak
told the Associated Press

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Kabir was believed to have fled Nangarhar to Paktia, along with Ahmed Khadr

Kabir was captured in Pakistan in February 2010 due to intelligence gleaned from Mullah Baradar, himself recently taken into custody.