Taliban leader freed from Guantanamo Bay by Obama in 2014 helped organize takeover of Afghanistan

In 2014, President Barack Obama released five Taliban commanders from the Guantanamo Bay detention center in exchange for an American soldier who deserted. Obama assured the concerned public that the five would be kept in Qatar, away from causing trouble in Afghanistan.

According to the New York Post, these men helped organize the takeover of Afghanistan, including Sunday's capture of the capital city of Kabul.

Some of those five Taliban commanders reportedly vowed to return to Afghanistan and fight the American troops based there, making contact with active Taliban militants.

Despite these pledges, the Obama administration turned a blind eye to the intelligence reports, and the five freed detainees reportedly formed a regime-in-exile based in Qatar.