"The Americans didn't stick to their promise about releasing prisoners. They were delaying, sometimes it was next day, then next week. They kept changing their position," he said.

The proposed transfer has also raised hackles in the US Congress, where politicians of both parties warn transferring the Taliban prisoners might somehow strengthen the insurgency.

The Pentagon is leading negotiations with the Qatari government on the conditions of that transfer, but no agreement has been reached on safeguards that would satisfy US worries about the senior Taliban slipping away.

Questions:

1. How many Afghans were killed by a US soldier in the latest incident?

2. What year did the secret talks begin in Germany?

3. How many prisoners will be transferred from Guantanamo to Qatar?

Answers:

1. 16.

2. 2010.

3. 5.

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