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900 more Taliban prisoners freed on last day of Afghan truce

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Each detainee was given US$65 and dropped off in Kabul upon release. FMTNews Taliban

Taliban prisoners leave Bagram Prison in Parwan, Afghanistan upon release yesterday.

The release is part of a pledge by the Afghan government to free up to 2,000 insurgent prisoners in response to the Taliban’s three-day ceasefire offer, which began Sunday to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. “If the foreign troops exit, we won’t fight,” he said as he boarded a Kabul-bound bus along with other freed Taliban members.The prisoners had signed written pledges not to return to the battlefield, but freed inmate Qari Mohammadullah vowed to continue fighting if foreign forces remain.

Afghan authorities hoped the Taliban would extend the ceasefire so delayed peace talks with the insurgents could begin, National Security Council spokesman Javid Faisal said. “Extend the ceasefire. Save lives,” Shaharzad Akbar, head of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, said on Twitter.

 

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