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...been a no-go area for NATO troops. At the same time, in the Pakistani port of Karachi, a raid on a seminary by CIA and Pakistani intelligence agents netted Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's military commander and a confidant of Mullah Omar, the movement's elusive leader...
...capture is hugely and immediately significant. Baradar, an Afghan, was the head of the Taliban's military council and the mastermind of the insurgents' bloody and relentless campaign against NATO and Afghan forces. A trusted friend of Omar's, Baradar may well know where the Taliban's spiritual leader is hiding. Pakistani intelligence and the CIA kept Baradar's capture secret for a week, giving interrogators a chance to investigate the network of contacts in his possession before the Taliban realized he had been seized...
...unbelievable night,” Delaney-Smith said. “Every team is trying to take her out of the game, but she rose to the occasion tonight. She ran this team, and I had to play her for 32 minutes. I thought she was a tremendous floor leader...
With the Minutewomen’s defensive attention focused on Crimson junior Jess Halpern—last season’s Ivy League leader in goals per game—other members of the team were freed up for scoring opportunities...
Tied at seven with eight minutes left, Harvard racked up seven more tallies, led by sophomore goal-leader Devan Kennifer, who scored four goals for the second time that day. Junior Patricia Smith recorded a hat trick, while five other Crimson players found the back...