Report: Captured Taliban No. 2 'Singing Like a Male Canary'

Nothing interesting on CBC news site, so I went to FOX for this headline.

"Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was captured by Pakistani authorities in a raid, has become "a vital asset in gathering information on the Taliban and other extremist groups operating in the region," an unnamed Pakistani official told The Washington Examiner."

"He obviously does not want to be released under any circumstances. He would not survive after the information he has given the government," one Pakistani official told the paper.

I would have thought that the loosely organized Taliban would not be effected by a loss of a high ranking leader. How much leadership do you need to perform low level ambushes and plant IEDs? The story went on to say they have captured quite a few leaders of the Taliban, which may bade well for ISAF in their upcoming offensive and the one later in the summer in Khandahar province.

I suppose by reporting that the guy is "singing like a canary", may just be a ploy; by reporting it, the guy is probably marked for death, so had no real reason not to sing. Besides loyality and honour that is.

Meanwhile, in Washington, the house voted down a proposal to end the Afghanistan war by a vote of 356-65. If voted in, the US would have had to pull out its Military in 30 days.