FILE PHOTO: NATO helicopters fly over the city of Kabul, Afghanistan Jun 29. 2020. KABUL: The Afghan government has begun releasing the last Taliban prisoners from a final batch of 400 who the militants want freed before they agree to start peace negotiations, a security agency spokesman said on Friday .
The government agreed on Sunday to release the 400"hard-core" prisoners after consulting a grand assembly of elders and other community leaders, known as a Loya Jirga."The government ... yesterday released 80 Taliban convicts out of the 400 that the Consultative Loya Jirga sanctioned for release to speed up efforts for direct talks and a lasting, nationwide ceasefire," said Javid Faisal, spokesman for the National Security Council.
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