More than 200 pro-Taliban fighters from Pakistan flew home Saturday after being released from a prison where they had been confined in cramped quarters and fed very little for nearly six months. The prisoners were flown to Peshawar on Pakistani military planes. Like 30 earlier arrivals, they were to be detained in Peshawar's jail while authorities check their identities and determine whether they committed any crimes, said Athar Minallah, provincial minister for legal affairs. The 204 detainees had gone to Afghanistan to fight with the Taliban but were captured by northern alliance forces late last year. Their release from Shibergan prison had been delayed for two days amid concerns over how to get them home safely.
"Get the hell out and don't come back." |