في 2011 و 2012 أجرت الولايات المتحدة مفاوضات مع حركة طالبان، تطرقت هذه المفاوضات إلى تسليم نور الله وأربعة آخرين من كبار زعماء حركة طالبان،[12]وتم إرسال الخمسة رجال إلى الدوحة في قطر.
^M K Bhadrakumar (10 يناير 2012). "There's more to peace than Taliban". آسيا تايمز. آسيا تايمز. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2019-01-05. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 2012-01-11. Nevertheless, Iranian media insist that three high-ranking Taliban leaders have been released - Mullah Khairkhawa, former interior minister; Mullah Noorullah Noori, a former governor; and Mullah Fazl Akhund, the Taliban's chief of army staff - in exchange for an American soldier held by the Taliban.
^"More than 400 killed in fortress battle". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. 29 نوفمبر 2001. ص. A1, A11. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-05. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 2012-01-11. Dostum later toured the area with a couple of surrendered Taliban leaders from Kunduz. Noorullah Noori, former governor of Balkh province where Mazar-e-Sharif is located, claimed the revolt had not been planned. He said he had told the fighters "to submit your guns and armaments to Gen. Dostum's forces" and surrender. "I feel sad about these events. It was really in vain," he said. "It shouldn't have happened."
^ اب"US Likely to Release Top Taliban Leaders from Gitmo". Outlook Afghanistan. Outlook Afghanistan. 5 يناير 2012. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2020-08-05. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 2012-01-12. According to Haqyar, Mullah Noorullah Noori was a resident of Shah Joy district in Zabul province and had served as governor for Laghman, Baghlan and Balkh provinces. Mullah Fazil and Noori had an agreement with Gen. Dustam that the Taliban fighters would be evacuated from north safely, but Dustam in violation of that agreement handed both Mullah Fazil and Noori to the US, Haqyar said. The two are very important personalities for the Taliban, who wanted them to be part of the peace talks with the US, he said.
^Carlotta Gall (29 نوفمبر 2001). "At Site of Quelled Prisoner Revolt, Afghan Fort's Walls Tell a Tale of Death". نيويورك تايمز. نيويورك تايمز. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2019-12-15. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 2012-01-13. Later he brought along the two most senior former Taliban leaders of the region, the former governor of northern Afghanistan, Mullah Nurullah Nuri, and the former Taliban assistant defense minister, Mullah Fazel, who negotiated the surrender of 6,000 Taliban prisoners from the town of Kunduz last week, including this group of prisoners. The two men said nothing as they visited the scene of the battle. Mullah Nuri was moving his lips in prayer. Mullah Fazel, a heavy man in a large black turban, appeared unmoved.
^Neither Jalalabad or Mazari Sharif is a Province.
^Carol Rosenberg (12 مارس 2012). "Taliban prisoners at Guantánamo OK transfer". ميامي هيرالد. ميامي هيرالد. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2014-06-05. اطلع عليه بتاريخ 2012-03-12. Five top Taliban leaders held by the U.S. in the Guantánamo Bay military prison told a visiting Afghan delegation they agree to a proposed transfer to the tiny Gulf state of Qatar, opening the door for a possible move aimed at bringing the Taliban into peace talks, Afghan officials said Saturday.
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