ASHINGTON: *Taliban make a big demand from US over the arrested PakistaniDr Aafia Siddiqui.*
An American analyst, Michael Kugelman on Sunday claimed that the AfghanTaliban have demanded the release of Dr Aafia Siddiqui.
Dr Aafia Siddiqui is a Pakistani national who was charged by a US courtwith murder attempts and was sentenced to 86 years in prison.
Talking to ARY News in Washington, after attending a book launchingceremony over Aafia Siddiqui’s trial, Kugelman said, Afghan Taliban havebeen demanded her [Siddiqui’s] release in the past too.
Terming the release of Ms Siddiqui as one of the biggest demands of theAfghan Taliban for the resumption of peace talks with the US, MichaelKugelman ruled out the release of Dr. Shakeel Afridilink in exchange of Dr. Aafia.
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According to sources, the Afghan Taliban in the month of March hadpresented a list of several prisoners, which they want to be releasedduring their negotiations with the US.
Sources had informed that Ms Siddiqui’s namelink among the topten names whose release is being demanded by the Taliban.
In November last year, Pakistan’s consul general in Houston met Dr. Aafiaat the prison where she handed him over the letter addressed to Mr. Khan.
