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Without territory, it does not even have the resources to provide detention facilities for prisoners, even if it were interested in holding captured POWs.
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While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war.
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