Why did Trump want Pakistan to free this Taliban leader from their prison?
"Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar emerges as victor of 20-year war" [irishtimes.com]
Surmising, the leader had the right connections within the Taliban to emerge as a lead negotiator; as if the Godfather had been arrested for tax evasion. Giving him freedom enabled Trump to have a negotiating partner who could speak for the Taliban as a whole. (???)
Why not, he screwed everything else up he touched during the four years of chaos Trump presided over.