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US Releases Closest Ally of Taliban Founder in Newest Guantanamo Prisoner Swap
US Releases Closest Ally of Taliban Founder in Newest Guantanamo Prisoner Swap
Haji Bashir Noorzai was liberated in change for US Navy veteran and civil engineer Mark Frerichs, who was believed to be the final US hostage remaining in… 19.09.2022, Sputnik Worldwide
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In a prisoner swap take care of the Taliban on Monday, the US handed over a senior member of the group, Haji Bashir Noorzai, after detaining him in Guantanamo for practically twenty years on expenses of drug smuggling, which he denied.Noorzai is taken into account one of many closest figures to Mullah Omar, the founding father of the Taliban motion.Afghanistan’s appearing Overseas Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi stated on Monday that Noorzai was launched in change for US citizen Mark Frerichs, kidnapped from Kabul in February 2020.”Haji Bashir was launched after twenty years of imprisonment and arrived in Kabul right this moment,” Mohammad Naeem, Islamic Emirate’s Qatar-based political workplace spokesman, stated in a tweet.A Qatar Airways Boeing C-17 Globe Grasp lll introduced Noorzai to Kabul from US Air Base Al-Udeid, Qatar, on Monday, a day after navy veteran Frerichs was transported on Qatar Emiri Airforce C-17 Globe Grasp lll to Doha.The video launched by the Taliban exhibits a grand welcome to Noorzai by the group’s fighters in Kabul.Talking at a gathering in Kabul, Noorzai stated that his change for Mark Frerichs will assist resolve issues between Afghanistan and the US.Noorzai was sentenced in 2009 to life in jail by a US courtroom on drug smuggling expenses, 4 years after his arrest.* Group underneath UN sanctions for terrorist actions
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Haji Bashir Noorzai was liberated in change for US Navy veteran and civil engineer Mark Frerichs, who was believed to be the final US hostage remaining in Taliban* custody following the NATO withdrawal from war-torn Afghanistan in August final yr.
In a prisoner swap take care of the Taliban on Monday, the US handed over a senior member of the group, Haji Bashir Noorzai, after detaining him in Guantanamo for practically twenty years on expenses of drug smuggling, which he denied.
Noorzai is taken into account one of many closest figures to Mullah Omar, the founding father of the Taliban motion.
Afghanistan’s appearing Overseas Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi stated on Monday that Noorzai was launched in change for US citizen Mark Frerichs, kidnapped from Kabul in February 2020.
“The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is able to clear up issues by negotiation with all together with the US,” Muttaqi stated, including the change occurred “after lengthy negotiations”.
“Haji Bashir was launched after twenty years of imprisonment and arrived in Kabul right this moment,” Mohammad Naeem, Islamic Emirate’s Qatar-based political workplace spokesman, stated in a tweet.
A Qatar Airways Boeing C-17 Globe Grasp lll introduced Noorzai to Kabul from US Air Base Al-Udeid, Qatar, on Monday, a day after navy veteran Frerichs was transported on Qatar Emiri Airforce C-17 Globe Grasp lll to Doha.
The video launched by the Taliban exhibits a grand welcome to Noorzai by the group’s fighters in Kabul.
Drug kingpin Haji Bashir Noorzai welcomed by the Taliban after being launched by the US in a prisoner swap after the Taliban launched American nationwide Mark Frerichs.
It is a courageous new world. pic.twitter.com/yM9YgwImJe
— Hamza Azhar Salam (@HamzaAzhrSalam) September 19, 2022
Noorzai was sentenced in 2009 to life in jail by a US courtroom on drug smuggling expenses, 4 years after his arrest.
* Group underneath UN sanctions for terrorist actions