IEA lays foundation stone for complex marking Khost prisoner-swap site

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is set to build a complex in the area where US Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl was released in 2014 in
exchange for five IEA members held in Guantanamo prison.Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, who laid the foundation stone of the complex
in Khost province, said that the complex will include a religious seminary, a school, a clinic and a freedom monument.Today is a very happy
day for us
God has liberated our country… it is very fortunate that we are laying the foundation for a freedom monument here… release of the five
prisoners was a source of happiness for Afghanistan,& Haqqani said.Abdulhaq Wasiq, current head of intelligence, Mohammad Fazil Mazloom,
deputy defense minister, Noorullah Noori, minister of frontiers and tribal affairs, Khairullah Khairkhwa, minister of information and
culture, and Mohammad Nabi Omari, deputy minister of interior were released in a 2014 deal between the Obama administration and the IEA to
free US soldier Bergdahl.The post IEA lays foundation stone for complex marking Khost prisoner-swap site first appeared on Ariana News.