A spokesman for the ousted Taliban movement in Afghanistan claims his group is holding U.S. prisoners.
Hamed Agha told Saudi daily al-Hayat Taliban has U.S. and other foreign prisoners, which it will seek to swap for prisoners detained by the United States in Guantanamo Bay.
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"With time, we will talk about the U.S. and foreign prisoners we've got in detail. I will not talk about their numbers or possible whereabouts now," Agha said in response to questions faxed to him by the newspaper. He said Taliban has stepped up its armed resistance against U.S. forces in Afghanistan. "Those attacks succeeded in inflicting tens of casualties among U.S. troops and their allied militiamen," UPI quoted him as saying.
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