BLACKWELL: One of the big stories this weekend, this travel ban and the restrictions on Taliban detainees swapped for Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl last year is set to expire today. In other words, former high ranking Taliban officials, five of them, could be free to leave Qatar and rejoin the group.</s>PAUL: U.S. officials have been working to extend this travel ban and CNN's Anna Coren has more for us now.</s>ANNA COREN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Christi, Victor, they are grave concerns that five senior Taliban members released from Guantanamo were traded for Bowe Bergdahl a year ago, and they soon may be able to return to the battlefield in Afghanistan. The militants known as the Taliban 5 have been living in Qatar for the past 12 months and were not able to leave the country, however that travel ban is set to expire. It's understood, U.S. officials have been discussion with the Qataris about the possibility of the expanding the travel ban, but no announcement has been made. Sergeant Bergdahl, which had held captive by the Taliban for five years after leaving his post in eastern Afghanistan. Earlier this year, the U.S. Army charged with desertion. Over the past 12 months, it's alleged at least one of the men monitored in Qatar contacted militants, while members of the al Qaeda affiliated Haqqani network reportedly travelled to Qatar to meet with some of the Taliban 5. The alarming development comes as the Taliban continues to launch deadly attacks. Less than 10,000 U.S. forces remain in country after the longest war in American history. And members of Congress fear the Taliban 5 will play an even more direct role in attacks against these U.S. soldiers if they are set free -- Christi and Victor.</s>BLACKWELL: Anna, thank you so much. Let's talk politics now, as the field grows for the race for the White House, and there are so many people running on the GOP side, a man who's not even in the race yet is leading the pack on the GOP side of the race. We'll tell you who, next.
Taliban 5" Travel Ban Could End Today