Afghanistan agrees to free 400 ‘hardcore’ Taliban prisoners
The release was a condition for peace talks agreed by the US and the Taliban
Afghanistan agreed on Sunday to release 400 “hardcore” Taliban prisoners, paving the way for peace talks aimed at ending almost two decades of war.
Under election-year pressure from the US president, Donald Trump, for a deal allowing him to bring American troops home, the war-torn country’s grand assembly, or Loya Jirga, on Sunday approved the release, a controversial condition raised by the Taliban militants for joining peace talks.
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