Afghan conflict: President Ashraf Ghani rejects Taliban prisoner release

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: BBC

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani says his government has not pledged to free Taliban prisoners, as stated in a deal reached by the US and the militants.

Under the landmark agreement signed on Saturday in Qatar, 5,000 Taliban would be released in exchange for up to 1,000 government detainees by 10 March.

Mr Ghani said such a prisoner release "cannot be a prerequisite for talks", but must be part of negotiations.
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Any prisoner release, he added, was "not in the authority of the US" but "in the authority of the Afghan government".

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-51695370

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That could put a spoke in the wheels of the deal ...

[Sherman A1]

1. Well, this could be interesting

[keithbvadu2]

2. Donald cannot pardon them?

Donald cannot pardon them?

(Sarcasm thingie goes here)

[avebury]

3. Trump could not negotiate his way out

of a paper bag. He rolls over every time.

He has no right to commit the Afghan government to do anything. It sure sounds like he didn't bother to include them in any discussion.

[paleotn]

6. Thus the umpty dump bankruptcies, blowing all of daddy's money

and now in hock beyond his orange eyebrows to the Russkies.

In the original Wall Street, Gekko mentions....inheritance, interest on interest accumulating to widows and idiot sons he was looking right at IQ45.

[Mr. Sparkle]

4. Saul is gonna be pissed!

edit: wrong thread, meant to post it in the Homeland thread

[paleotn]

5. The deal is dead.

Evidently, they spent little time talking to the people who are necessary to make the damn thing work. Are you tired of amateur hour? I certainly am.

[Marcuse]

7. Reminiscent of the long touted Middle East peace agreement between Kushner and Israel.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

8. Third Party Negotiations ...

... are soooo much easier when you only bring one of the two affected parties to the table. That is the Art of the Deal!

First the Israeli Peace Plan and now this. Our leader is on a roll.