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Pakistan releases 3 senior Taliban prisoners
[Al Ahram] Pak officials say the government has released three senior Taliban prisoners to facilitate peace talks with the Afghan government.A Pak Foreign Ministry official and a security official identified the prisoners released Tuesday as Mullah Abdul Ahad Jahangirwal, a former adviser to Taliban leader Mullah Omar ... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality... ; Mullah Abdul Manan, a former Taliban government in the Afghan province of Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... ; and Mullah Younus, a former military commander. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to journalists. The release comes less than a week after an Afghan delegation tasked with holding peace talks with the Taliban visited Pakistain to meet with the group's former deputy leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. The former No. 2 was released by Pakistain in September after years in detention. Posted by: Fred 2013-11-27 |
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