Afghan government releases first batch of Taliban detainees
Xinhua News Agency, Kabul, April 8 (Reporter Chen Xin Zou Delu) Local media in Afghanistan reported on the 8th that the Afghan government released the first batch of 100 Taliban detainees on the same day.
Afghan Dawn Television quoted a statement from the Afghan National Security Council that 100 Taliban detainees were released by the Afghan government on the 8th, which marked the start of the Afghan government's plan to release 5,000 Taliban detainees.
A statement from the National Security Council of Afghanistan also stated that the Afghan National Security Agency and the Attorney General ’s Office have verified the identity of the released personnel, and the released personnel have also promised not to return to the battlefield.
Afghan President Mohammed Ashraf Ghani signed a presidential decree on March 10, deciding to release 5,000 Taliban detainees, but this plan has been repeatedly delayed.
The U.S. government and the Taliban in Afghanistan signed a peace agreement on February 29. According to the agreement, the United States promised to reduce the size of U.S. troops in Afghanistan from 13,000 to 8,600 within 135 days, while the remaining U.S. and NATO coalition soldiers will be evacuated within 14 months. Afghanistan. At the same time, the Taliban promised not to allow its members and members of other organizations, including Al Qaeda, to use the Afghan territory to threaten the security of the United States and its allies.
The U.S. government also promised in the agreement that it will enable the Afghan government to release 5,000 Taliban detainees before March 10, and the Taliban and the Afghan government will also open an intra-Albanian dialogue on March 10. However, due to the Afghan government's failure to release the Taliban detainees before, the Afghan internal dialogue has never been possible.