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2019-11-23 Afghanistan
Red Cross: Taliban Released 10 Afghan Soldiers
[ToloNews] US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad in a tweet welcomed the release of Afghan soldiers.

The International Committee of the Red Thingy (ICRC) reported that on Thursday 10 Afghan soldiers were handed over to the organization by the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
"The 10 Afghan National Security Forces members were released and handed over to the ICRC in Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
Province, in the District of Nahr-e Saraj," Juan Pedro Schaerer, the ICRC’s head of delegation in Afghanistan said in a statement quoted by Rooters.

"We transferred them across the frontline to Lashkar Gah where we handed them over to the Afghan authorities at the governor’s office, said Schaerer.

This follows the release of three prisoners of the Haqqani network
...a branch of the Afghan Taliban, based in Pakistain. The network is a family business founded by the later Jalaluddin Haqqani...
in exchange for two Western professors earlier in the week.

US peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad announced the release in two tweets :
"Welcome the news that the Taliban released 10 Afghan soldiers today. This action followed the release of Taliban prisoners by the Afghan government, and the separate Taliban goodwill gesture of releasing two Afghanistan professors" and "Hopeful these steps lead to a reduction in violence and rapid progress towards a political settlement involving the Afghan government, the Taliban, and other Afghan leaders. The Afghan people yearn for peace and security, and we stand with them."
Posted by trailing wife 2019-11-23 01:18|| || Front Page|| [11142 views ]  Top
 File under: Taliban 

#1 They're probably Talib too - watch carefully.
Posted by Glenmore 2019-11-23 10:08||   2019-11-23 10:08|| Front Page Top

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