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When the US-Taliban peace deal is signed, 5,000 Taliban jihadis will be freed from prison

Jan 4, 2020 9:00 am By Robert Spencer

What could possibly go wrong? Surely they will become loyal, stable, productive Afghan citizens now, won’t they?

“Taliban’s 5,000 prisoners will be released as US, Taliban peace deal is signed,” Khaama Press, December 30, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

The release of 5,000 prisoners of Taliban has been written in to the peace agreement draft which is going to be soon signed between United States and Taliban, AP reported.

A Taliban official familiar with the on-again, off-again talks taking place in Qatar, confirmed to AP that the release of around 5,000 prisoners of Taliban has been written in to the agreement which is under discussion.

But some analysts say freeing prisoners could undermine peace in Afghanistan.

“There’s a need for Afghan and U.S. officials to do their due diligence on any Taliban prisoners they’re planning to release, in order to minimize the likelihood that they’ll set free jihadists that can do destabilizing things and undercut a fledgling peace process,” warned Michael Kugelman, deputy director of the Asia Program at the U.S.-based Wilson Center.

Analysts and even the United States’ own Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John F. Sopko said neither Afghanistan nor the U.S. is ready for the Taliban prisoners’ release.

Every past attempt at re-integration has been costly and a failure….

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  1. Jim says

    Jan 4, 2020 at 11:08 am

    “Taliban’s 5,000 prisoners will be released as US, Taliban peace deal is signed.”

    If we go through with this, then the entire war effort will have been in vain. All of the American soldiers who have been killed and injured, all of the ones with severe brain trauma, etc., will have received those injuries or death totally in vain.

    We owe it to the American soldiers who have suffered and died in this war not to release these prisoners.

    • william carr says

      Jan 7, 2020 at 9:54 am

      There is no mention above of what the Taliban is promising from their side

  2. RichardL says

    Jan 4, 2020 at 11:31 am

    Honestly, 5000 Afghani jihadis is a piss in the ocean. How many Afghanis of fighting age are jihadis? A few million. What angers me is that the US side is calling this a peace process. Get all American personnel out of Afghanistan and never let any Afghani enter the US. Problem solved. And yes: bomb and drone the shit out of foreign terrorist training in Afghanistan.

    • Savvy Kafir says

      Jan 4, 2020 at 2:00 pm

      I agree with you on every point!

  3. Infidel says

    Jan 4, 2020 at 11:52 am

    I not only understand, but endorse the president’s determination to get troops out of Afghanistan. However, there is no need to sign any agreement w/ the Taliban, or release any prisoners. Just gather all troops and leave, and tell Americans that just like in the case of Iraq, don’t go there! Also, while leaving, bomb all their poppy fields and Taliban military munitions, and then be out. No need to worry about whether Ashraf Ghani stays or falls: leave that to Afghanistan’s neighbors like Tajikistan, Iran and Uzbekistan. None of those countries are pally w/ the Taliban.

    As for the prisoners, just execute them, and toss their bodies to sea, like Osama and Baghdadi.

    • Savvy Kafir says

      Jan 4, 2020 at 2:02 pm

      Yep. Sounds like a solid plan. If only…

    • mortimer says

      Jan 4, 2020 at 3:11 pm

      Infidel, your political ideology was condemned and punished at Nuremberg.

      • Savvy Kafir says

        Jan 4, 2020 at 4:29 pm

        Mortimer, there is a VAST difference between murdering innocent Jews and executing jihadis.

      • Infidel says

        Jan 4, 2020 at 5:38 pm

        Yeah, I fear that if Afghanistan wins the war against the US. But if that happens, there are far worse things for us to worry about than a Nuremburg trial of Americans by an Afghan Jihadist tribunal.

        Also, fwiw, islam is a lot closer to the political ideology you’re referring to than any ideology I believe

  4. Battle says

    Jan 4, 2020 at 1:57 pm

    Islam treaty Sharia Law allows a false promise of ten years of peace which can be broken at any time.

  5. Battle says

    Jan 4, 2020 at 2:10 pm

    Would a crop duster or a few missiles armed with 13% dehydrated pig fat Silver Bullet Gun Oil delay the poppy harvest?

  6. mortimer says

    Jan 4, 2020 at 3:22 pm

    We must convince Muslims generally that the Koran is manmade, because the Koran is a DEADLY, LETHAL TROOP MOTIVATOR.

    • Savvy Kafir says

      Jan 4, 2020 at 4:30 pm

      Good luck with that project. You’re gonna need it.

    • gravenimage says

      Jan 6, 2020 at 11:38 pm

      Mortimer, how *is* your project going? How many Muslims have you deprogrammed so far?

  7. sidney penny says

    Jan 4, 2020 at 11:24 pm

    What about a peace deal between Taliban and Afghan Government? ( Why is the US involved?)

    and you do not want Afghanistan to become a client state of Pakistan.( if US leaves)

  8. Scott Carlson says

    Jan 5, 2020 at 4:39 am

    Trump didn’t sign a treaty with the Taliban. I remember someone posting this several months ago and it was fake news.

  9. gravenimage says

    Jan 6, 2020 at 11:36 pm

    When the US-Taliban peace deal is signed, 5,000 Taliban jihadis will be freed from prison
    ………………

    How can any sane person consider *the Taliban* to be partners for peace? Insanity.

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