Freed Taliban prisoners eye return to the battlefield

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The Taliban heralded the US deal as proof they had defeated America in its longest war, and the bluster has only grown in recent months.

TALIBAN. Afghan Taliban militants and villagers celebrate the peace deal and their victory in the Afghan conflict on US in Afghanistan on March 2, 2020. Photo by Noorullah Shirzada/AFPin a high-risk gambit to ensure the insurgent group begins peace talks with Kabul.

"We do not want foreign forces in our country anymore," he told AFP, dressed in a traditional shalwar kameez, before taking a taxi back to his village with a cash handout from authorities worth $65.Afghan authorities accelerated the planned release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners, including Daud, as a"goodwill gesture" after the insurgents called a three-day ceasefire to mark the Eid holiday.

"It's an ongoing jihad, and will continue until and unless we reach some sort of agreement with the Kabul government," he said. The immediate enemy is instead the struggling Afghan National Defence and Security Forces , with whom no such pledge has been made. Since the swap started, Afghan authorities have freed 3,000 Taliban inmates while the insurgents have released more than 750 government prisoners, officials said.

More than the fighters,"those that worry us are the brains," a senior security official said, adding that one of the freed Taliban inmates had already joined the insurgents' military squad while another had committed a murder.

 

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