Government agrees to free accused Taliban fighter soon
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Yaser Esam Hamdi, the accused Taliban fighter whose legal battle was fought from Norfolk to the US Supreme Court, will be freed in a matter of days, according to an agreement signed by the US government on today.
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Kidnappers of three U.N. workers in  Afghanistan said on Wednesday the government had agreed to  terms for their release, despite indications from Afghan and  U.S. officials that a compromise was not possible.
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CHAMAN, Pakistan  - Pakistan has handed over 240 suspected Taliban fighters to Afghan authorities this week as a hunt for the Islamist militants continues in the country's southwest, police said on Friday.
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The government reached an agreement with a renegade general to end an insurgency that has  threatened to unravel the countryâs new democratically elected government.
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KABUL, Nov 7 - Kidnappers who have threatened to kill three UN workers in Afghanistan have agreed to give the government until Tuesday to find and release 26 Taliban prisoners, a spokesman for the kidnappers said on Sunday.
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Militants threatening to kill three foreign hostages in Afghanistan said they would give officials until Friday to meet their demands that the United Nations withdraw from the country and the US release Guantanamo Bay prisoners
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ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The US authorities have permitted the Afghan government to release Pakistani prisoners languishing in different jails for their alleged links with Taliban, a source in the interior ministry told Dawn on Sunday.
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Afghanistan's Taliban were expected to free 18 mine-clearing experts they seized at the weekend, an official for the group said on Monday.
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KABUL, NOVEMBER 7: Afghan militants who threatened to kill three kidnapped UN workers have demanded the release of 26 Taliban prisoners and agreed to give the government until Tuesday to do so, a spokesman for the militants said on Sunday.
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(CBS/AP) The Justice Department has reached agreement with a US citizen held as an enemy combatant for more than two years, clearing the way for him to be sent to Saudi Arabia, officials said Wednesday.
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Taliban agree to free 19 South Koreans kidnapped in central Afghanistan more than a month ago.
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The Taliban said Tuesday that 19 South Korean hostages held by the hardline militia for nearly six weeks would be freed &quot;soon&quot; after a successful round of negotiations.
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A US man jailed for running a private prison in Kabul and torturing Afghans is freed, officials say.
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U.S. forces in Afghanistan freed 81 suspected Taliban fighters from military jails across the country Sunday and some of the released men said they had been mistreated and tortured in custody.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - A commander of Taliban  guerrillas in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan was  captured last week while trying to hide in a well and handed  over to U.S. forces, the provincial governor said on Monday.
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A Taliban spokesman said the three remaining South Korean hostages would be released within hours.
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The Justice Department has agreed to release a U.S. citizen held as an enemy combatant for more than two years, clearing the way for him to return to Saudi Arabia, officials said Wednesday.