Conditional prisoner release order by Afghan govt against deal with US: Taliban
Last updated on: 11 March,2020 03:10 pm
Conditional prisoner release order by Afghan government against deal with US: Taliban.
PESHAWAR (Reuters) – The conditional prisoner release order announced by the Afghan government is against the U.S.-Taliban agreement signed in Doha last month, a spokesman for the group said on Wednesday.
“It is properly explained in the peace accord that first 5,000 prisoners would be freed and then the Afghan dialogue would be initiated,” Suhail Shaheen, spokesman for the Taliban in Doha told Reuters by phone.
“We never agreed to any conditional release of the prisoners. If someone claims this, it will be against the peace accord that we signed on February 29.”