Taliban leader was freed from Guantanamo Bay in 2014 swap by Obama

By News on the Net — NY Post —— Bio and Archives August 17, 2021

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When President Barack Obama released five Taliban commanders from the Guantanamo Bay prison in exchange for an American deserter in 2014, he assured a wary public that the dangerous enemy combatants would be transferred to Qatar and kept from causing any trouble in Afghanistan. In fact, they were left free to engineer Sunday’s sacking of Kabul. -- More...