Kabul - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced Tuesday that three high-ranking Taliban prisoners would be released, in an apparent exchange for two Western hostages who were kidnapped by the insurgents in 2016. The three Taliban prisoners include Anas Haqqani, who was seized in 2014 and whose ...

*KABUL - Top Afghan Officials hint at releasing key Taliban Commander including Anas Haqqani.* *Second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish on Friday said that the Afghan government is ready to release the Taliban prisoners.* *Prisoners release will help promote confidence-building measures ...

*ISLAMABAD - Afghan Taliban seek release of 80 prisoners including Commander Anas Haqqani.* *The reports of a potential swap of 80 Taliban prisoners, including Anas Haqqani, in exchange for two kidnapped expat professors, is provoking mixed reactions among Afghans.* “Anyone who is involved in ...

KABUL - Afghan government responds over media reports of release of Anas Haqqani. Afghan government says it has no plan to release any Taliban prisoners including Anas Haqqani, a high-profile member of the Haqqani Network. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that the U.S. and ...

KABUL - Top Taliban Commanders including Mullah Baradar, Anas Haqqani have been removed from UN sanctions list, sources have have revealed. United Nations has “temporarily” removed sanctions on Taliban’s senior members who have held negotiations with US officials in Qatar. According to ...

ISLAMABAD - The upcoming two-day U.S.-Taliban meeting in Qatar would make a final call on crucial issues of Troops pullout, ceasefire and exchange of prisoners. This comes as the Taliban negotiating team is expected to meet with the U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation ...

KABUL - The Taliban announced Tuesday a 14-member team to meet American negotiators this month in Doha, including five former Guantanamo Bay inmates and a high-profile militant behind bars in Afghanistan. United States special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad has undertaken extensive recent peace talks ...