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Guantanamo inmate joins Taleban

The Taleban have confirmed that a former Guantanamo detainee has become their senior military commander in southern Afghanistan.

Taleban sources told the BBC that Mullah Abdullah Zakir had led the fight against British forces stationed in Helmand province.

They say he now leads the insurgency in that province and across the south.

Mullah Abdullah was held in Guantanamo until December 2007. He was then handed over to the Afghans and later released.

Last month, UK government officials told the BBC he was now closely involved in planning attacks on British and other Nato forces in Afghanistan.

The Pentagon says more than 10% of 520 Guantanamo inmates released so far have returned to what it calls terrorism.

It says this complicates efforts to release and repatriate those still being held.

Read entire article at BBC