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That's some negotiating there.
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Afghanistan president rejects Taliban prisoner swap in blow to U.S. deal
Jacob Knutson
Afghanistans President Ashraf Ghani during a press conference on March 1. Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday that he will not release 5,000 Taliban prisoners ahead of peace talks next week, as laid out in a peace agreement that the U.S. signed with the Taliban on Saturday, according to AP.
Why it matters: Ghanis public disagreement with the contents of the agreement presents the first major hurdle in its implementation, which is crucial to ending Americas longest war.
What they're saying: Ghani said in a news conference that the U.S. could not promise a prisoner swap because it is his government's sovereign right to release and accept prisoners. He said he is not ready to release prisoners before negotiations begin.
The other side: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo would not directly address Ghani's comments in an interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation" Sunday, instead saying that the U.S. "will work with all relevant parties to build on confidence, to create confidence-building measures amongst all of the parties, the Afghan government, non-Taliban, and others in the Afghan."
Squinch
(50,949 posts)they promised this?
Like Lucy with the football. This will turn out to be just as fabulous as the North Korean nuclear disarmament that resulted in an increase in North Korea's nuclear capabilities.
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)The art of the deal.
dhill926
(16,337 posts)not results....assholes...
boston bean
(36,221 posts)Chainfire
(17,536 posts)Chamberlain and Hitler negotiating over the fate of Czechoslovakia?
Pompeo made it clear that he didn't care about what the Government of Afghanistan had to say about it. It is called nation building, Trump style.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)ooky
(8,922 posts)"Give me the stuff I want first and then we'll talk about the stuff you want".