![Reported mastermind behind Taliban takeover released from Guantanamo Bay by Obama in Bergdahl prisoner swap](https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2020/06/Barack-Obama.jpg)
Reported mastermind behind Taliban takeover released from Guantanamo Bay by Obama in Bergdahl prisoner swap
Fox News
A Taliban leader who reportedly helped orchestrate the group's takeover of Afghanistan was released by former President Barack Obama in exchange for former U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in 2014.
But in 2014, he was released from Guantanamo following a prisoner swap deal under the Obama administration. The U.S. released five Taliban leaders, known as the "Taliban Five," that year in exchange for the Taliban releasing Bergdahl, who was captured after he deserted his post in Afghanistan. The Taliban Five were then flown to Qatar and are the only Guantanamo Bay "forever prisoners" to be released without the parole board’s approval, the New York Post reported.More Related News