Posted on 02/25/2010 10:13:53 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
KABUL -- The Afghan government said Thursday that Pakistani authorities have agreed to hand over several suspected insurgents whom Pakistan has taken into custody, including the Taliban's No. 2 commander.
Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a member of the Taliban's high leadership council, and the other prisoners are "accused of criminal acts" in Afghanistan and will be extradited, according to a statement from the office of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Baradar and other Afghan militants will be extradited under a prisoner exchange agreement that is still being hammered out by both countries, according to Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik and an Afghan interior ministry spokesman.
Malik, who met with his Afghan counterpart and FBI director Robert Mueller on Wednesday, told reporters after that meeting that a treaty on the exchange would be completed in coming days, and that both nations were comparing prisoner lists and setting up a committee to oversee the process.
The agreement is being drafted by justice ministry officials in both countries, said Zamaray Bashari, spokesman for the Afghan interior ministry. He said it had not been determined when the exchange would happen, nor how many prisoners from each country would be extradited. But he called the exchange "comprehensive," meaning it would include recently captured prisoners -- such as Baradar -- and those who have been in custody for years.
"The interior ministry of Pakistan asked that we will hand over their prisoners as well," Bashari said in an interview. "That was also welcome. It is a mutual agreement of exchange of prisoners, which will include different categories of people."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
fyi
Great , lets bring them to local criminal courts and give then free ACLU lawyers to get them off.
If they want to keep his fingernails and a couple toes, they can.
Not very different than the US in that regard.
Afghan gov't demands extradition of captured Taliban leaders from Pakistan
All 42 of them....???
And why is the FBI Director over there?
Prisoner exchange. These people are all nuts.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.