London, May 30: Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar leaked the whereabouts of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden to American investigators under a “deal” in which US promised to withdraw its troops from the militant group’s strongholds in Afghanistan, a media report has claimed.
The details of the extraordinary “deal” emerged after a confidential American briefing was found at bin Laden’s hide-out in Pakistan’s garrison town of Abbottabad, the Sunday Mirror reported.
According to the paper, reports in Pakistan claim that Baradar ? co-founder of the Taliban and one of bin Laden’s most trusted allies, is named in the papers.
He and other “moles” within bin Laden’s organisation are said to be feeding crucial information to US ?intelligence experts, the paper said.
—PTi