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Hundreds of Taliban Buy Their Freedom

Endemic Afghan bribery results in routine release of militants

By Jason Farago,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 5, 2008 12:50 PM CST

(Newser) – Hundreds of Taliban are buying their way out of jail every year, bribing police, judges, and wardens to return to the fields and streets of Afghanistan to fight again. Despite denials from the government, American and Afghan sources—and the Taliban itself—attest to the...   Read full story »

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