The release of these leaders was something the Afghan Government had requested, as they saw them as people they could work with in the inevitable day they had to negotiate with the Taliban.
Also, what legal mechanism were we still holding these guys under, exactly? (Either the five Obama released or the 5000 Trump released.) They weren't "prisoners of war", as we didn't give them the rights they were entitled to under the Geneva Convention. They weren't criminals because we never charged them with a crime and they hadn't committed any crimes under American Law.
One of the guys Trump released was Abdul Ghani Baradar, the new leader of Afghanistan.
Not only did Trump release this guy, but he held negotiations with him without consulting the Afghan Government.
One year ago, the Donald released 5,000 Taliban fighters in exchange for a cease-fire to help his flailing presidential campaign, despite strenuous objections from both the Pentagon and the Afghan government. President Ashraf Ghani warned that their...
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Do you have a link to that? Or are you just making shit up?