Afghan govt offers to release 1500 Taliban prisoners

Afghan govt offers to release 1500 Taliban prisoners.

The Afghan government has offered to release 1500 Taliban prisoners from Saturday if they significantly reduce violence.

Afghan govt offers to release

A spokesman for President Ashraf Ghani, Sediq Sediqqi said on Twitter on Wednesday morning that prisoners will be freed as goodwill gesture and another 3,500 to be freed after negotiations begin.

Earlier, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said that Afghan President Ashraf Ghraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah are ready to negotiate to end the political crisis.

In a tweet on Tuesday, he said that he spent significant time to resolve the differences of both leaders.

Meanwhile, according to US State Department, United States strongly supports a unified and sovereign Afghanistan.

While condemning the terrorist attack in Kabul, the department strongly opposed any action to establish a parallel government.

It further opposed and any use of force to resolve political differences.

ماده دوم: عفو مجازات و رهایی تعداد (1500) یکهزار و پنچصد تن محبوس مربوط به گروه طالبان به نشانه حسن نیت از محبس و توقیف خانه پروان سر از تاریخ 24 حوت سال روان آغاز می گردد.
در هر روز 100 تن از محبوسین مربوط به گروه طالبان با در نظرداشت سن، وضعیت صحی و مدت حبس باقیمانده رها گردند

— Sediq Sediqqi 🇦🇫 (@SediqSediqqi) March 10, 2020

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