US Criticized for Belligerent Language on Prisoners - 9/11

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:10:44 GMT

Senior British officials yesterday criticized belligerent language coming out of Washington about the fate of captured Arabs, Pakistani, and Taliban fighters, and urged restraint by Northern Alliance forces besieging Kunduz. Donald Rumsfeld, the US defense secretary, said last week that America was not inclined to negotiate surrenders and that he hoped al-Qaida forces would either be killed or taken prisoner.