It was the tiny Gulf emirate of Qatar that helped the U.S. negotiate with the Taliban the release of Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl.<br/> <br />Held by the Taliban in Afghanistan for nearly five years, until Saturday.<br/> <br />Qatar helped negotiate a prisoner swap.<br/> <br />Bergdahl's freedom…for handing over to Qatar five high-risk Taliban detainees in Guantanamo, Cuba.<br/> <br />Among them...Mohammed Fazl, a senior Taliban commander;<br/> <br />Allegedly responsible for the killing of thousands of minority Shi'ite Muslims in Afghanistan.<br/> <br />The five men were flown to Qatar on a U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo plane.<br/> <br />Their families were reportedly flown in from Afghanistan.<br/> <br />As part of the transfer deal, the men's activities in Qatar will be monitored.<br/> <br />They face a minimum one-year ban from travel.<br/> <br />But critics worry the senior Taliban figures could rejoin the insurgency when restrictions are eventually lifted.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN (R-AZ) SAYING:<br/> <br />"These are the harde
