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The Taliban Says The Infamous ‘Gitmo 5’ Are Joining Afghan Peace NegotiationsBy Paul Szoldraon October 30, 2018The infamous “Gitmo Five†— the supposed Taliban all-stars exchanged for then-Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl — are going to be part of peace negotiations in the Afghan War, according to the Associated Press. The five senior Taliban members were long-term detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before they were released to the government of Qatar on May 31, 2014, in a deal struck by the Obama administration. In exchange, Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured in 2009, was released by the Taliban and returned to the U.S. He was later court-martialed and received a dishonorable discharge, fine, and a reduction in rank from sergeant to private. Meanwhile, the Taliban five have moved up in the world, since the group’s spokesman told AP they’ve all joined the Taliban political office in Doha. Taliban officials met with American diplomat Alice Wells in July, and had a follow-on meeting in October with the State Department’s special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad.Read more at: https://taskandpurpose.com/taliban-gitmo-5-qatar/
Taliban Spokesman: 5 Men Freed From Gitmo in Exchange for Bergdahl Join Insurgents in QatarCameron CawthorneOctober 30, 2018 7:41 pmThe five members of the Afghan Taliban who were released from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in exchange for captured American Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in 2014 have joined the Taliban's political office in Qatar, according the insurgent group's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid.The five men will be among Taliban representatives negotiating for peace in Afghanistan, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Some negotiators in Kabul say their presence is a sign that the Taliban desires a peace pact.Others, however, believe that the the five men—who have close ties to the Taliban's late founder and leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar—share the same fundamentalist interpretation of Islam that defined the group's five-year rule that ended with the U.S.-led invasion in 2001.Read more at: https://freebeacon.com/national-security/taliban-spokesman-5-men-freed-gitmo-exchange-bergdahl-join-insurgents-qatar/
