Kabul: Hajji Ghalib did just what the US military feared he would after his release from the Guantanamo Bay prison camp: he returned to the Afghan battlefield. But rather than worrying about Ghalib, the Americans might have considered encouraging him. Lean and weather-beaten, he is now leading the fight against the Taliban and the Islamic State across a stretch of eastern Afghanistan. His effectiveness has led to appointments as the Afghan government's senior representative in some of the country's most war-ravaged districts. Afghan and US officials alike describe him as a fiercely effective fighter against the insurgency, and the US military sometimes supports his...
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