Taliban prisoners 'would be freed from Guantánamo to join Afghan peace negotiations’

[kpete]

Source: Telegraph UK

Taliban prisoners 'would be freed from Guantánamo to join Afghan peace negotiations’
Taliban prisoners would be freed from Guantánamo Bay to potentially join peace negotiations under a proposal from the Afghan council appointed to find a settlement to the insurgency.


By Ben Farmer in Kabul 9:00PM GMT 14 Nov 2010

The High Peace Council will also seek safe passage for militant commanders to travel abroad and negotiate, a senior member of the body told The Daily Telegraph.

Mullah Arsala Rahmani said talks needed representatives of the Taliban’s Pakistan-based Quetta Shura, or ruling council, many of whom were unable to travel because of sanctions or the threat of capture.

Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Turkmenistan were all candidates to host fugitive militants he said, while Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan had been ruled out.



Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8132345/Taliban-prisoners-would-be-freed-from-Guantanamo-to-join-Afghan-peace-negotiations.html

[struggle4progress]

1. It's the Telegraph, a highly unreliable source

[grahamhgreen]

2. Full circle. What a waste of blood and treasure.

[herbm]

3. I wonder if Gitmo and waterboarding will color thier participation? Their brush with US democracy

will probobly make them appreciate Shira law. And that is a terrible unintended consequence of ignoring the Bill of Rights, international law and treaties. W can parse whoat is is all about torture, but if it were performed on him I bet he would not need a lawyer to figure it out. He'd know what is torture PDQ once the water tap came on.