Taliban No. 2 interrogations yield useful intel - U.S.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Interrogations of the Afghan Taliban's No. 2 leader have started producing useful intelligence on the group and its operations against U.S. forces across the Pakistani border, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was captured in the Pakistani port of Karachi in late January in a joint operation by the CIA and Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency.

A senior U.S. military official in Kabul described the arrest as part of a power play by Pakistan to ensure it has a major role in any Afghan reconciliation process.

"I think it's a matter of controlling the dialogue, the official said recently, on condition of anonymity. "It's to ensure that they have a ... principal position in a negotiated settlement here, in resolving this conflict.

"I know for a fact that that is the position that the Pakistanis want. They want to ensure that they are not without a big voice in the outcome."

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