KABUL: Afghan authorities said Thursday they have released the remaining 400 Taliban prisoners agreed in an exchange, except for “a few” opposed by foreign nations, and expected peace negotiations to start soon. A drawn-out prisoner exchange including the release of hundreds of ...

ISLAMABAD-The Afghan government has released 80 Taliban from a final batch of 400 to speed up efforts for direct talks and a lasting, nationwide ceasefire. This was stated by Afghan Government’s Spokesman for the National Security Council Javid Faisal. However, he did not say when the ...

ISLAMABAD- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has signed a decree to release a final batch of Taliban prisoners. According to sources of the Afghan presidential palace, release of the remaining Taliban prisoners will pave the way for long-awaited peace talks to begin in Doha, Qatar on Sunday.

ISLAMABAD- China has welcomed Afghan Council of the elders and tribal leaders’ approval for release of the last batch of Taliban prisoners and said it would create favourable conditions for the intra-Afghan dialogue in Afghanistan. At regular news briefing at Beijing, Chinese Foreign ...

ISLAMABAD- Kabul,Thousands of Afghans began a three-day gathering in Kabul on Friday to decide whether to release about 400 Taliban prisoners, including many involved in attacks that killed scores of Afghans and ...

ISLAMABAD-Afghanistan's government will soon complete a Taliban prisoner release that is vital to peace talks with the insurgents getting underway, President Ashraf Ghani said Thursday.  Under the terms of a US-Taliban deal signed in February, Kabul has pledged to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners ...

WASHINGTON: Washington reacted to President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s announcement for the release of 2,000 Taliban prisoners, reciprocating the declaration of ceasefire during Eid Days. “Last night I and Dr. Abdullah received a call from Sec Mike Pompeo. He thanked the Afghan government for ...

KBUL - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday promised to speed up the process of releasing Taliban prisoners and said that he was willing to "immediately" hold peace talks with the insurgents after they made an offer for a ceasefire. The Taliban offered a three-day truce over the Eid al-Fitr ...

KABUL - The Afghan National Security Council confirmed on Thursday afternoon that another 100 prisoners had been released. This follows an initial release on Wednesday of the first group of 100 prisoners released by the Afghan government, TOLO News has reported. Jawid Faisal, the spokesman for ...

*KABUL: *A mechanism for the release of Taliban prisoners has been reached and a presidential decree would be issued in this regard on Tuesday, the country’s president said on Monday. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s remarks came after he took an oath as president for another five-year ...