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(18 Feb 2010)
1. Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan shaking hand with Yousuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan''s Prime Minster
2. Cutaway cameraman
3. Close up of Gilani
4. Close up of Holbrooke
5. Mid of meeting
6. Wide of meeting
7. Wide Exterior of Prime Minister''s house in Islamabad
STORYLINE:
U.S. envoy in Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke met with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, in Islamabad on Thursday, to discuss Pakistan''s security issues.
The U.S. envoy arrived in Islamabad for on a one-day trip and during his stay he will also meet with President Asif Ali Zardari and Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.
Pakistan confirmed for the first time on Wednesday that it has the Afghan Taliban''s No. 2 leader in custody, and officials said he was providing useful intelligence that was being shared with the United States.
The confirmation came as the Pakistani government defused a political crisis that threatened to distract from the fight against militancy by backing off on judicial appointments opposed by the Supreme Court.
The Afghan Taliban leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, was arrested earlier this month in a joint operation by CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) and Pakistani security forces in the southern port city of Karachi, U.S. and Pakistani officials said on condition of anonymity Tuesday.
The army on Wednesday gave the first public confirmation of the arrest.
Baradar was the second-in-command behind Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar and was said to be in charge of the day-to-day running of the organisation''s leadership council, which is believed based in Pakistan.
He was a founding member of the Taliban and is the most important figure of the hard-line Islamist movement to be arrested since the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.

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