Afghan police team welcoming back Taliban fighters - Newspaper
Haji Lala has vowed to put his militant years behind him after returning home. — AFP PANJWAI (Afghanistan): After more than a decade fighting for the Taliban and being hounded by Afghan and US forces, Haji Lala thought there was little chance of ever returning home. Once a commander and senior district official for the militant group, he says he was captured and detained for two and a half years. When he was released, the 58-year-old vowed to put his militant years behind him and look for a way to go back home. It was with the unlikely support of a police chief and the encouragement of a fe...