>Detaining them with probable cause is one thing. Chucking them in a cell and leaving them there until the end of time with no due process at all is another thing entirely.
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>Why would we be detaining Taliban, though? They're despicable but I don't see that they're our problem to solve.

Uh, hello! The Taliban is fighting our troops in Afghanistan and has been since we first set foot there. They put out feelers on suspending operations and stopping the conflict back in October through Saudi Arabia, and at that time they claimed they were willing to split with Al Qaeda, but it hasn't happened yet.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/06/afghan.saudi.talks/


Taliban leaders are holding Saudi-brokered talks with the Afghan government to end the country's bloody conflict -- and are severing their ties with al Qaeda, sources close to the historic discussions have told CNN.

The militia, which has been intensifying its attacks on the U.S.-led coalition that toppled it from power in 2001 for harboring Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, has been involved in four days of talks hosted by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, says the source.
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The Afghan government believes the Taliban cannot be defeated militarily, and the Taliban believe that they can't win a war against the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan, the Saudi source said.

Recent news:

http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-27-voa21.cfm

yes, they are still our problem.