Taliban fighters and other hostages Hosted phase-out policy Afghan government March 12, 1:23
Following the peace agreement between the U.S. and the rebels in the Taliban, the Afghan government has recently announced plans to phase out hostages, including Taliban fighters. With the release of the hostages, the focus will be on whether a direct dialogue between the Afghan government and the Taliban can be realized in order to achieve peace.
The US government and the Taliban signed a peace agreement last month over Afghanistan's military operations following the September 11 terrorist attacks, including a complete withdrawal of U.S. forces and a direct dialogue between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
Following the agreement, the Afghan government and the Taliban have agreed to hold direct talks after exchanging their hostages, but a spokesman for Afghan President Gani said on Tuesday that the Taliban was shortly after an interview with NHK. Clarified the policy of gradually releasing hostages such as combatants.
Specifically, from the 14th, 1500 people including Taliban fighters will be released sequentially, and after direct dialogue is realized, if the Taliban side refrain from terrorism and attacks, it will gradually release 3,500 people is.
The peace agreement states that the Afghan government will release up to 5,000 people, including Taliban fighters, and the Taliban will release up to 1,000 people, including government soldiers.
For this reason, the focus will be on whether a direct dialogue between the two sides can be realized in the future with the liberation of the hostages.