The US has been secretly releasing captured Taliban fighters from a
detention center in Afghanistan in a bid to strengthen its hand in peace
talks with the insurgent group, the Washington Post reported Monday.
The
"strategic release" program of high-level detainees is designed to give
the US a bargaining chip in some areas of Afghanistan where
international forces struggle to exercise control, the report said.
Under
the risky program, the hardened fighters must promise to give up
violence and are threatened with further punishment, but there is
nothing to stop them resuming attacks against Afghan and American
troops.
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3 comments:
I promise , I won't do it again.
WTF is Obama thinking or Clinton.
Soon we will all be under Kuran rule.
Seems smart to me. Obama rightfully knows the US can't afford to stick around and nation build. Bring our men and women home ASAP and let the Afghans fight it out on their own. Mission #1 in the first place should have been solely based on going after al queda and supporting the warlords who were down to fight on our side. Not to try to create jeffersonian democracy in a nation thats been present for over 1000 years without a strong federal system.
703-On one hand, you say go after them. On the other hand,you say it seems smart to release them.
Do the cheap, and efficient thing. 1 shot, 1 kill.
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