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Taliban Swap Disrespectful Afghanis Claim

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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2014 · People & Blogs

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The deal to free a U.S. prisoner has caused arguments in Washington and anger in Afghanistan. CNN's Fionnuala Sweeney reports.

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Taliban Control of Afghanistan Highest Since U.S. Invasion (nbcnews, Jan 29, 2016)
http://nbcnews.to/1nDeA0O


US Seeks Continued Aid for Afghan Army (abcnews, Jan 29, 2016)
http://abcn.ws/1SpKzwx


Fellow soldiers call Bowe Bergdahl a deserter, not a hero (CNN, June 5, 2014)
http://cnn.it/1kFHskg

"The sense of pride expressed by officials of the Obama administration at the release of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is not shared by many of those who served with him: veterans and soldiers who call him a deserter whose "selfish act" ended up costing the lives of better men.

"I was pissed off then, and I am even more so now with everything going on," said former Sgt. Matt Vierkant, a member of Bergdahl's platoon when he went missing on June 30, 2009. "Bowe Bergdahl deserted during a time of war, and his fellow Americans lost their lives searching for him."

Vierkant said Bergdahl needs to not only acknowledge his actions publicly but face a military trial for desertion under the Uniform Code of Military Justice..."




Afghans say Taliban prisoners freed by U.S. will rejoin battle (Yahoo/Reuters, June 1, 2014)
http://yhoo.it/1iJQo3a

"The release of five Taliban prisoners in exchange for a U.S. soldier has drawn criticism from some Afghans, who say the detainees are dangerous and will rekindle ties with terrorist networks to resume fighting, just as most foreign troops leave. The men had been held at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2002 and were classed by the Pentagon as "high-risk" and "likely to pose a threat". Two are also implicated in the murder of thousands of minority Shi'ite Muslims in Afghanistan, according to the U.S. military.

They were released in a swap with U.S. army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the sole American prisoner of war held in Afghanistan who was flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Sunday. "They will definitely go back to fight, if health-wise they are able to go," said a top official at Afghanistan's spy agency, who asked to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the topic..."




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