Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Afghan envoys seek to visit Guantanamo Taliban

KABUL (AFP) – Afghanistan's High Council For Peace wants to send a delegation to try and free Taliban prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay prison as part of reconciliation efforts, one of its members said Tuesday.

Arsala Rahmani, head of the Council's prisoner release committee, said the delegation would urge the release of figures including Khairullah Khairkhwa, a top Taliban commander detained at the US-run prison in Cuba since 2002.

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