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Once Jailed in Guantánamo, 5 Taliban Now Face U.S. at the Negotiating Table

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From left, the former Guantánamo Bay detainees Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa, Abdul Haq Wasiq, Mullah Fazel Mazloom, Mullah Norullah Noori and Mohammad Nabi Omari. They are now part of the Taliban team negotiating the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. US Dept. of Defense

From left, the former Guantánamo Bay detainees Mullah Khairullah Khairkhwa, Abdul Haq Wasiq, Mullah Fazel Mazloom, Mullah Norullah Noori and Mohammad Nabi Omari. They are now part of the Taliban team negotiating the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan. US Dept. of Defense

The New York Times: When the United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 and toppled the Taliban government, even those who surrendered were treated as terrorists: handcuffed, hooded and shipped to the American detention camp in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Now, in a stark demonstration of the twists and contradictions of the long American involvement in Afghanistan, five of those men are sitting across a negotiating table from their former captors, part of the Taliban team discussing the terms of an American troop withdrawal. Click here to read more (external link).

7 thoughts on “Once Jailed in Guantánamo, 5 Taliban Now Face U.S. at the Negotiating Table”

  1. Are you plea bargainingl
    with
    your
    own
    *ex-prisoners – after
    all that
    huge publicity
    for
    a
    genuine peace ?????

    ????
    =====
    ===
    =
    Obviously you are intending
    to
    make peace with those who
    will be
    kicking you
    out
    of
    the country- if so; then, where are the
    real team
    of
    those
    Taliban leaders – those who
    are
    actively striving to restore
    the representations
    of
    the people
    of
    Afghanistan..
    *

  4. *Albino
    man’s tricky
    games- or, is it ?????
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    HE IS A MENTSL CASE- TRULY !
    *

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