The Afghan government announced that the Taliban had released its Special Forces detainees who were being held hostage, and the government also released its Taliban detainees, except for a few, before the start of peace talks between the two parties in Doha.
The Afghan National Security Council said on its Twitter account that the Afghan government released 400 Taliban detainees, excluding the few whose partners had reservations about them, as he put it.
He added that diplomatic efforts were continuing in this regard and that he expected direct talks to begin immediately.
A source in the peace council appointed by the government and a diplomatic source in Kabul stated that the 5,000 prisoners wanted by the Taliban had been released, except for seven prisoners.
Reuters quoted Western diplomats and officials from the Afghan government and the Taliban as saying that Afghanistan will transfer to Qatar seven prisoners, which the movement is calling for, before the peace talks are expected to start soon.
The agency quoted an Afghan official that the detainees will be released soon, although the government did not want to release them because they were convicted of killing foreign soldiers.
He said that senior Afghan officials are expected to travel to Doha this week for the talks.
The government was reluctant to release the last 400 prisoners from the Taliban, as President Ashraf Ghani described them as "a danger to the world." France and Australia also opposed releasing them because among them were militants linked to killing civilians, French and Australians in Afghanistan, but the Taliban adhered to the condition of releasing them before starting negotiations. Peace.
These developments come after an agreement concluded by Washington with the Taliban in February, which allows the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan and paves the way for the start of peace talks between the government and the movement to end the 18-year-old war.