User:Geo Swan/Guantanamo/Bounty programs/Bounty programs in Afghanistan

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There are several bounty programs in Afghanistan, where individuals have been promised a reward, for killing, capturing, or offering information about enemies.

Both the United States and the Taliban are reported to have bounty programs.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ New Ads in Afghanistan Highlight "Rewards for Justice" Program. State Department (July 22, 2005). Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
  2. ^ Paula Zahn. "U.S. Offers Money For Information and Bounty Hunters in Bin Laden Manhunt", CNN, November 20, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. 
  3. ^ "British Force Helps Afghan Police; Bounty Hunters Look for Suspects", CNN, January 18, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. 
  4. ^ Clive Stafford Smith. "How Guantanamo's prisoners were sold", New Statesman, October 9, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. 
  5. ^ "Soldiers face 'bounty' threat", BBC, Tuesday, April 9, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. 
  6. ^ "Guantanamo inmates say they were 'sold': Warlords, others 'trumped up charges' for U.S. cash rewards", MSNBC, May 31, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. 
  7. ^ Duncan Campbell. "CIA offered bounty for Bin Laden: Anti-Taliban leader promised cash for capture", The Guardian, Monday October 1, 2001. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. 
  8. ^ Dexter Filkins, Eric Schmitt. "A NATION CHALLENGED: PURSUIT; British Commandos in a High-Altitude Operation to Hunt Taliban and Al Qaeda", New York Times, April 17, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. 
  9. ^ Kim Sengupta. "Warlords offer big rewards to kill Britons", The Independent, April 21, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. 
  10. ^ Massoud Ansari. "'I have 600 suicide bombers waiting for your soldiers'", The Telegraph, March 25, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. 
  11. ^ "UK marines seize Afghan caves", BBC, Tuesday, 9 April 2002. Retrieved on 2007-09-25. 

Category:Afghanistan