Rahmatullah Mansoor

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Mullah Rahmatullah Mansoor is a citizen of Afghanistan.[1] The Guardian reports that Rahmatullah returned to Afghanistan in 2005, and had a secret meeting with Hamid Karzai. The Guardian article states that Rahmatullah stated that members of the Taliban were tired of fighting, but the continued extrajudicial detention of captives in Guantanamo, and the alleged Koran abuse were a roadblock to peace talks.

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  1. ^ Declan Walsh. "Taliban officials brought in from the cold", The Guardian, Thursday May 19, 2005. Retrieved on May 10.