Poland holding key Taliban commander: report

Information Agency FOCUS ^ | 24 August 2007 | AFP

[PoliticsAndSausages]

Warsaw. Polish troops are holding a Taliban commander known as "Puma" who the radical Islamist militia has demanded released in exchange for 19 South Korean hostages, a report said Thursday.

Defence Minister Aleksander Szczyglo was cited by the PAP news agency as saying Polish troops serving with NATO-led forces had captured the commander on August 16 in eastern Afghanistan.

He said Puma was the fourth most-wanted militant in Afghanistan and was one of several captured fighters the Taliban were seeking to exchange for their South Korean hostages, seized on July 19.

"It's therefore someone very important," Szczyglo was quoted as saying by the news agency.

The government in Kabul has so far rejected any prisoner swap with the Taliban.

[PoliticsAndSausages]

I doubt that Kabul or NATO will exchange the hostages for him. But it's nice to see that there are finally some real bargaining chips on the west end of the table. Good job!

[LibLieSlayer]

Sew a bomb into him, return him and set him off!

LLS

[norwaypinesavage]

It seems to me that a few days of waterboarding, followed by a polonium-210 cocktail would appropriately prepare him for release.

[Eyes Unclouded]

polonium! ironic choice of elements but i think that method is too russian for me i’d rather do it the american way. (RFID chip traces his back to the hideout and then few old MOABs)