Afghanistan: France's reservations about the release of some Taliban prisoners

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 France on Saturday asked the Afghan authorities not to release certain individuals it considers terrorists in the context of the upcoming release of 400 Taliban prisoners.

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The Afghan authorities have released most of their Taliban prisoners. The fate of the last 400 was one of the main obstacles to the start of the negotiations, often postponed, between the insurgents and the Afghan government, which had undertaken to proceed to an exchange of prisoners.

Among the latter captives claimed by the insurgents, fighters involved in deadly attacks that killed Afghans and foreigners. And 44 are particularly watched by the United States and other countries for their role in attacks targeting high profile targets.

 France asked the Afghan authorities on Saturday not to release certain individuals it considers terrorists as
part of the upcoming release of the last Taliban prisoners. "  France is particularly concerned by the presence, among those likely to be released, of several terrorists convicted of the murders of French citizens in Afghanistan,  " the Quai d'Orsay said in a statement.

Following the signing in #Afghanistan of a decree ordering the release of Taliban prisoners, France 🇫🇷 urges that terrorists convicted of the murders of French people, soldiers and humanitarian workers, not be released.

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While declaring itself while declaring itself ready to support the peace process, Paris is firmly opposed "  to the release of individuals convicted of having committed crimes against French nationals  ", continues the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. .

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Among the disputes, the death of French soldiers in the mountains of Uzbeen  in 2008. Ten soldiers including eight Castres were killed in the Afghan mountains, during an ambush set by the Taliban. Twenty-one French soldiers were also wounded. These were the heaviest losses recorded by the French army since the Drakkar attack in 1983 in Beirut, which claimed the lives of 58 French soldiers.

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