Afghan president vows to speed up release of Taliban prisoners
An Afghan security personnel patrols Helmand, Afghanistan. Kabul has so far released about 1,000 Taliban inmates while the insurgents have freed about 300 Afghan security force personnel. – EPA pic, May 24, 2020.
AFGHAN President Ashraf Ghani today vowed to speed up the release of Taliban prisoners and said he was ready to hold peace talks “immediately” with the insurgents after they made a ceasefire offer. The Taliban offered a three-day truce over the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of Ramadhan starting today, which Ghani swiftly accepted.
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