Revealed: U.S. secretly releasing top Taliban insurgents in exchange for ‘peace pledges’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2140671/Revealed-U-S-secretly-releasing-Taliban-insurgents-exchange-peace-pledges.html By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED: 03:25 EST, 7 May 2012 | UPDATED: 03:25 EST, 7 May 2012 Senior detainees are being secretly released by the United States from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negotiations with insurgents to curb ongoing violence in the country. American officials have been using prisoners as bargaining chips […]

Is this the start of an ‘insurgent spring’? British Embassy under attack as Taliban pound Kabul’s diplomatic enclaves

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2130017/Taliban-attacks-British-embassy-Kabul-Is-start-insurgent-spring.html NATO headquarters in Kabul, Afghan Parliament and private residences all reportedly being targeted Taliban claim responsibility and say it is start of a ‘spring offensive’ Palace compound of President Hamid Karzai comes ‘under attack’ Rocket-propelled grenade fired at house used by British diplomats Five dead after string of attacks in Iraq By Rob Cooper […]