NY Post: Four Taliban members swapped for Bowe Bergdahl now in Afghan government
Four of the five Taliban members released from Guantanamo Bay by the Obama administration in 2014 in exchange for admitted US Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl are part of the Islamic fundamentalist group’s new hardline government in Afghanistan, according to local media reports.
The four members of the so-called “Taliban Five” who have joined the new government are Acting Director of Intelligence Abdul Haq Wasiq, Acting Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs Norullah Noori, Deputy Defense Minister Mohammad Fazl, and Acting Minister of Information and Culture Khairullah Khairkhah.
The fifth member of the Taliban Five, Mohammad Nabi Omari, was appointed governor of eastern Khost province last month.
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Update #1: 4 prisoners Obama exchanged for Bowe Bergdahl now in senior Taliban posts (FOX News)
Update #2: Four Guantanamo inmates swapped for ‘deserter’ Bowe Bergdahl named as ministers in Taliban government (RT)
WNU Editor: Unlike other senior Taliban officials that were released to pursue peace talks under the Trump administration, these four were directly involved in military operations and ethnic cleansing against minority groups. An ominous sign on how the Taliban will govern.
The complete list of Taliban ministers is here .... Taliban Announces Head of State, Acting Ministers (TOLO News).
Update #3: Jen Psaki says Biden 'won't rush' to recognize new 'moderate' Taliban government that includes a wanted terrorist with a $10M US bounty, four members of the 'Guantanamo Five' and no women (Daily Mail).
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Bowe Bergdahl
"On August 28, 2020, his sentence was approved by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. In February 2021, Bergdahl filed a petition in the U.S. District Court in Washington DC to have the conviction and sentence expunged. On August 2, 2021, the Justice Department filed a motion to dismiss that is under consideration awaiting a response from Bergdahl's lawyers."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowe_Bergdahl
It is never ever over.
If China wanted fresh prison labor after the last Uighur is gone, they could champion the cause of the Hazara. It won't happen now, but in 5 or 10 years? Crazy talk for sure, but so was lebensraum.
Hazara are of Mongol origin. Han and Mongol are in the same language family. Relations between the Taliban and China might sour. If America starts looking like Britain or Germany and China gets attacked a few times, who knows. It is a stretch.
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