Four of Obama’s ‘Taliban five’ take top leadership posts in Afghan government

[Counselor706]

The Taliban announced its “caretaker” government on Tuesday, and the list of top officials included some familiar names: four of the five Taliban leaders released from prison by President Barack Obama in exchange for kidnapped U.S. Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl in 2014. The fifth member of Obama’s “Taliban Five,” Mohammad Nabi Omari, was installed as the Taliban’s governor for Khost province last month.

Afghanistan’s independent Tolo News reported the full list of “caretaker government” appointments on Tuesday. The four prisoners swapped by Obama for Bowe Bergdahl are Director of Intelligence Abdul Haq Wasiq, Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs Norullah Noori, Minister of Information and Culture Khairullah Khairkhah, and Deputy Defense Minister Mohammad Fazl.

Several of the Taliban Five were deeply involved in human rights violations and international crimes, including mass murder, ethnic cleansing, and the opium trade. At least two of them, Wasiq and Khairkhwa, have ties to al-Qaeda.

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[ll74]

Of course they did. They want the face of the government to be a moderate one. to legitimize it.

But who was the face on the day they took the capital? The guy that Trump released.

 

[Rightguide]

Obama's plan came to fruition.

 

[colddiesel]

Considering the fact that military involvement in Afghanistan failed, do you consider that the intelligence agencies (perhaps of other countries) should be authorized to systematically kill these people, with the USA keeping at arms length.

There is a lot of potential for causing chaos in their leadership by crediting other factions within their 'government' for the odd death here and there.

"Pour encouragement les autres?"