Baradar may have had better credentials as Mullah Omar's brother-in-law and longtime confidant, but he was a consensus seeker, in the mold of a traditional tribal chieftain.

作为奥马尔·毛拉的姐夫和多年知交，巴拉达也许被更好的信任，但他作为传统意义上的部落首领是个合格的探索者。

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More arrests have now been reported including two Taliban "shadow governors" who reported to Mullah Baradar.

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The BBC's Ilyas Khan, in Islamabad, says Mullah Baradar has also been close to the Pakistani intelligence service, the ISI.

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Reports from Kandahar last month speculated that Mullah Baradar would soon be arrested because of growing tensions with Mullah Omar.

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