The Pakistan military has now confirmed that a senior Afghan Taliban Commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was captured last week in Karachi. <br/><br/>Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is reported to be the second in command of the Afghan Taliban and is said to have overseen military operations in Afghanistan and controlled its finances. <br/><br/>Pakistani analysts believe the arrest of top Taliban commander will be a huge shift in the policy towards Taliban and US officials say it is a breakthrough in the cooperation between Pakistan and the United States on the fight against terrorism. <br/><br/>The New York Times reported on Monday that Taliban's top military commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar had been captured in Karachi in a secret Pakistani-US raid.