Taliban Prisoners Freed In Peace Bid
June 21 2010
Afghan officials have released 14 Taliban prisoners as part of an effort to get insurgents to lay down their arms, Reuters reports.
A dozen prisoners were released from the U.S. prison at Bagram, while two would-be suicide bombers were released from Afghan custody, said an Afghan official.
These cases were reviewed after a jirga earlier this month approved a plan by President Hamid Karzai to seek a peace deal with so-called moderate elements of the Taliban.
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