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a Taliban victory sing the "high price" for freedom of Mastrogiacomo

The release of five leading figures of the Taliban, in exchange for the release of Daniele Mastrogiacomo, stirs excitement among Islamic extremists, who celebrate it as a victory. In the population there is anger and criticism in Kabul but the lack of attention to the two Italians taken hostage (the driver - beheaded - Mastrogiacomo's interpreter). There are controversies in the international community more or less explicit.

The release yesterday of the Italian journalist in Afghanistan has given the go-anywhere to rainfall of messages of congratulations to the Taliban for the exchange Italian prisoners with the unbeliever. " The Italian was arrested March 5 by the men of Taliban commander Dadullah along with Sayeh Agha, the driver and interpreter, Ajma Naqshbandi. "Participate in the log messages of congratulations be sent to the Taliban," reads the pages of some Islamic forum, where they are collected is congratulated by supporters of al-Qaeda for the positive outcome of negotiations on the release of the reporter. "What good news - he writes Sanafir al-Nasr - we want freedom for our other brother detainees." This is followed by calls to continue the fight against NATO troops in Afghanistan. According to local experts

, freedom Mastrogiacomo has required a "high price" means the driver of the reporter, 24, was beheaded, while little is known of his interpreter. Currently he is in the hands of the Afghan police, who will interrogate him on the matter and perhaps because he had apprised the authorities of his work with the Italian. Also - add - the Taliban have received recognition for "political partners with whom to treat," which was another purpose of the kidnapping. Italian government officials have even invited the Taliban to the table of a possible peace conference, while the UN spokesman in Afghanistan, Adrian Edwards, was anxious to stress: "The United Nations does not deal with terrorists. "

They did not even wait for the reaction of the local population. Today in Lashkargah outside the headquarters of Emergency - the NGO that has been the mediation - about 200 people demonstrated against the government of Prime Minister Hamid Karzai, guilty of "criminal issue 5 for an infidel foreigner and not a poor Afghan" , as shouted an uncle of Sayeh Agha, the driver headed, whose body was today handed over to the family. The wife of a young 24 year old father of four children, had lost the baby she was pregnant in just hearing the news of the death of her husband.

by AsiaNews