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Afghanistan


How Obama freed key Taliban leader in 2014 in prisoner swap despite pentagon warnings only for him to spearhead steaming take-over of Kabul

  • Former president released five Taliban commanders from Guantanamo in 2014
  • He promised US public Taliban Five would be stopped from harming Afghanistan
  • But one of them ended up brokering terms of US troop withdrawal this year
  • Khairullah Khairkhwa was sent to Qatar after detention camp but formed regime
  • He promised Biden's Afghanistan envoy that Taliban wouldn't launch offensive
  • But the warlords are now trying to track down Afghans who sided with allies
  • US soldier they were exchanged for has since been dishonourably discharged

By ISABELLA NIKOLIC FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 10:36 EDT, 17 August 2021 | UPDATED: 18:43 EDT, 17 August 2021

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