Trump lashed out against the former Afghan government and ex-president Ashraf Ghani for the prisoner releases in a statement issued Monday
prisoner swaps were controversial but argued they would clear the way for peace talks between the Taliban and Afghan government last summer, and warned “the decisions and conduct of both parties to intra-Afghan negotiations will affect the size and scope of future U.S. assistance.”
Last September, Zalmay Khalilzad — who served as U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation under the Biden and Trump administrations —Trump's office did not respond to a request for comment from“The inept Afghan government, led by corrupt President Ghani, released 5,000 prisoners—not the Trump Administration,” Trump said in a Monday afternoon statement.
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