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Afghanistan Frees Taliban Prisoners Except "Few" Opposed By Foreign Nations
The Afghan government said Thursday it had released 400 Taliban prisoners under an exchange deal with the terrorists, except for "a few" opposed by foreign nations, and expected peace negotiations to start soon.
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Afghanistan To Free Up To 2,000 Taliban Prisoners After Ceasefire Offer
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani began a process Sunday to release up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture after the insurgents proposed a surprise ceasefire during the Eid holiday.
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Afghanistan Frees 100 Taliban Prisoners As Part Of COVID-19 Containment
The Afghan government released 100 low-risk Taliban prisoners Wednesday, officials said, a day after the insurgents announced they were walking out of talks with Kabul.
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Afghan President Rejects Demand To Free 5,000 Taliban Prisoners After Peace Deal
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani rejected a Taliban demand for the release of 5,000 prisoners as a condition for talks with the Afghan government and civilians, included in a deal between the United States and the Taliban group.
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Afghan Forces Free 59 Prisoners From Taliban Jail In South
Afghan special forces freed 59 prisoners from a Taliban jail in Helmand, officials said on Saturday, as government troops redouble their efforts to drive back the insurgents who have seized large parts of the volatile southern province.
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Afghan, US Special Forces Free 40 Prisoners From Taliban Jail
A joint Afghan and U.S. special forces raid freed 40 members of Afghanistan's security forces from a Taliban jail in the volatile southern province of Helmand, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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Taliban Storm Afghan Prison, Free Hundreds of Inmates: Officials
Taliban insurgents stormed the main prison in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni early Monday, killing police officers and freeing hundreds of inmates, officials said.
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US in Discussion with Qatar Over 5 Taliban Figures: CIA chief
The United States is in discussions with Qatar on the status of five Taliban figures who may be free to return to Afghanistan a year after their release in a US prisoner swap, the head of the CIA said Sunday.
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Barack Obama Makes 'No Apologies' for Taliban Hostage Deal
President Barack Obama vehemently refused to apologise on Thursday for doing a prisoner trade with the Taliban to free a US soldier, despite a fierce political storm over the deal in Washington.
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Inside the White House's Decision to Free Bergdahl
For President Barack Obama, it seemed like the right thing to do, according to officials in his administration: Release five Taliban detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison in return for Bowe Bergdahl, the only known American prisoner of war in Afghanistan.
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Barack Obama Defends Deal With Taliban to Free US Soldier
President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended a prisoner swap deal with the Taliban to free a US soldier held for five years, following attacks from his Republican foes.
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Afghan President Fumes at Prisoner Deal Made Behind His Back: Source
The Afghan president is angry at being kept in the dark over a deal to free five Taliban leaders in exchange for a captured US soldier, and accuses Washington of failing to back a peace plan for the war-torn country, a senior source said on Monday.
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Freed From Taliban Captivity, Bergdahl's Ordeal Far from Over
In 2008, when he joined the army, he was a bookish athlete from rugged Idaho with a passion for fencing. A year later, he was a captive of the Afghan Taliban. Today, he is on the way home, a free man at last.
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Taliban demand release of prisoners for freeing ex-Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gilani's son
The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has demanded the release of some of its key leaders for freeing former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's son, who was abducted five months ago.
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Pakistan freeing seven more Taliban prisoners
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry says authorities are freeing seven more Taliban prisoners to facilitate a peace process aimed at reaching a political resolution to the war in neighboring Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan Frees Taliban Prisoners Except "Few" Opposed By Foreign Nations
The Afghan government said Thursday it had released 400 Taliban prisoners under an exchange deal with the terrorists, except for "a few" opposed by foreign nations, and expected peace negotiations to start soon.
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Afghanistan To Free Up To 2,000 Taliban Prisoners After Ceasefire Offer
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani began a process Sunday to release up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture after the insurgents proposed a surprise ceasefire during the Eid holiday.
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Afghanistan Frees 100 Taliban Prisoners As Part Of COVID-19 Containment
The Afghan government released 100 low-risk Taliban prisoners Wednesday, officials said, a day after the insurgents announced they were walking out of talks with Kabul.
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Afghan President Rejects Demand To Free 5,000 Taliban Prisoners After Peace Deal
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani rejected a Taliban demand for the release of 5,000 prisoners as a condition for talks with the Afghan government and civilians, included in a deal between the United States and the Taliban group.
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Afghan Forces Free 59 Prisoners From Taliban Jail In South
Afghan special forces freed 59 prisoners from a Taliban jail in Helmand, officials said on Saturday, as government troops redouble their efforts to drive back the insurgents who have seized large parts of the volatile southern province.
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Afghan, US Special Forces Free 40 Prisoners From Taliban Jail
A joint Afghan and U.S. special forces raid freed 40 members of Afghanistan's security forces from a Taliban jail in the volatile southern province of Helmand, the U.S. military said on Friday.
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Taliban Storm Afghan Prison, Free Hundreds of Inmates: Officials
Taliban insurgents stormed the main prison in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni early Monday, killing police officers and freeing hundreds of inmates, officials said.
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US in Discussion with Qatar Over 5 Taliban Figures: CIA chief
The United States is in discussions with Qatar on the status of five Taliban figures who may be free to return to Afghanistan a year after their release in a US prisoner swap, the head of the CIA said Sunday.
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Barack Obama Makes 'No Apologies' for Taliban Hostage Deal
President Barack Obama vehemently refused to apologise on Thursday for doing a prisoner trade with the Taliban to free a US soldier, despite a fierce political storm over the deal in Washington.
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Inside the White House's Decision to Free Bergdahl
For President Barack Obama, it seemed like the right thing to do, according to officials in his administration: Release five Taliban detainees at Guantanamo Bay prison in return for Bowe Bergdahl, the only known American prisoner of war in Afghanistan.
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Barack Obama Defends Deal With Taliban to Free US Soldier
President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended a prisoner swap deal with the Taliban to free a US soldier held for five years, following attacks from his Republican foes.
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Afghan President Fumes at Prisoner Deal Made Behind His Back: Source
The Afghan president is angry at being kept in the dark over a deal to free five Taliban leaders in exchange for a captured US soldier, and accuses Washington of failing to back a peace plan for the war-torn country, a senior source said on Monday.
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Freed From Taliban Captivity, Bergdahl's Ordeal Far from Over
In 2008, when he joined the army, he was a bookish athlete from rugged Idaho with a passion for fencing. A year later, he was a captive of the Afghan Taliban. Today, he is on the way home, a free man at last.
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Taliban demand release of prisoners for freeing ex-Pakistan PM Yousuf Raza Gilani's son
The outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan has demanded the release of some of its key leaders for freeing former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's son, who was abducted five months ago.
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Pakistan freeing seven more Taliban prisoners
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry says authorities are freeing seven more Taliban prisoners to facilitate a peace process aimed at reaching a political resolution to the war in neighboring Afghanistan.
