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US Frees 81 Suspected Taliban Prisoners
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2005-01-17
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Yesterday, the US military freed around 81 Afghan prisoners after negotiating the release with the country's most senior judge.
The recently released prisoners were transported in two buses from the US base camp at Bagram to the Supreme Court in the capital, Kabul, where they were received by Afghanistan's chief justice.
An article at ABC News expands on this topic…
"An aide to president Hamid Karzai said on condition of anonymity that the prisoners were held either at Bagram, a U.S. base in the southeastern city of Khost or in the southern city of Kandahar.
Hundreds of detainees have been classified as "enemy combatants" and transferred to the prison at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo, while many others have been held at American bases in Afghanistan.
The U.S. military has suggested it is minimizing detentions, and a reconciliation program to be organized by Karzai's government could reduce the numbers further.
Shinwari said the release of the 80 Afghans was part of that program, and Afghan officials were negotiating the release of another 400 people in U.S. custody in Afghanistan and an undisclosed number held in Guantanamo.
"The government doesn't want one prisoner to be left in jail," he told reporters at the court. "They will be released."
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