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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

''US secretly releases high-level Taliban in exchange for pledges of peace''

From Pakistan Today

''The United States has for several years been secretly releasing high-level detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negotiations with insurgent groups, a bold effort to quell violence but one that US officials acknowledge poses substantial risks, the Washington Post reported Monday. As the US has unsuccessfully pursued a peace deal with the Taliban, the “strategic release” program has quietly served as a live diplomatic channel, allowing American officials to use prisoners as bargaining chips in restive provinces where military power has reached its limits.''

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