Monday, July 13, 2020
Kabul (BNA)
Kabul (BNA) The Office of the National Security Council says, the Afghan government has released 180 Taliban prisoners from Afghan prisons for the peace process.
Hashmatullah Nateq head of media relations at the National Security Council office confirmed today in an interview with BNA that 180 Taliban prisoners were released from prisons in Afghanistan to facilitate the peace process.
Nateq added that 180 Taliban prisoners, includes the list of 5,000 Taliban, were released yesterday, bringing the total to 4,199.
"The Taliban claim to have released 10 detainees of security forces in Kandahar, but it has not been proven to us yet and our investigation is ongoing," he said.
T. Yarzada
