Secret U.S. program releases high-level insurgents

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Secret U.S. program releases high-level insurgents in exchange for pledges of peace

KABUL — The United States has for several years been secretly releasing high-level detainees from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negotiations with insurgent groups, a bold effort to quell violence but one that U.S. officials acknowledge poses substantial risks.

As the United States has unsuccessfully pursued a peace deal with the Taliban, the “strategic release” program has quietly served as a live diplomatic channel, allowing American officials to use prisoners as bargaining chips in restive provinces where military power has reached its limits.

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All I can say is, I hope they were at least intelligent enough to put a micro chip in them, for tracking.