Former Taliban second-in-command Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, held in Pakistan, has been taken to a safe house in the violence-plagued city of Peshawar near the Afghan border, moving a step closer to starting peace talks with the Afghan Taliban, security sources said on Thursday. Afghanistan and the United States believe Baradar holds the key to stopping the war in Afghanistan because he is influential enough to persuade his former comrades to stop fighting. But his movements have been shrouded in secrecy since Pakistan announced his release on Sept 20. Baradar remains effectively under house arrest in Pakistan, an arrangement which could undermine his role as a peacemaker. “Baradar was moved from one safe house in Karachi to another, and has now been moved to Peshawar,” one senior Pakistani defence official told Reuters. Read details in daily Dawn