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UN Security Council unlikely to lift sanctions over Taliban
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Moscow [Russia], May 29 (ANI): Days after the Afghan government released hundreds of Taliban prisoners as part of the peace deal with the United States, the UN Security Council was expected to vote on lifting sanctions over the group. But the matter has been squashed as certain conditions ma
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Afghan President orders to release 2,000 Taliban prisoners
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 25 (Sputnik/ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday (local time) ordered a release of up to 2,000 Taliban fighters from prison, his spokesperson Sediq Sediqqi said.
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Afghan President Ghani vows to expedite release of Taliban prisoners
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 24 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday said that the process of the release of Taliban prisoners would be expedited.
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Taliban releases another 29 Afghan prisoners
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 10 (Sputnik/ANI): The Taliban said that they have freed another 28 Afghan prisoners as part of efforts to accelerate the mutual release of detained persons with Kabul.
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Afghan security council confirms release of over 100 taliban prisoners
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 5 (ANI): The Afghan government has released 102 more Taliban prisoners in line with the US-Taliban peace deal signed in February this year.
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US envoy says Afghan govt, Taliban discussed prisoners swap via video conf
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 23 (Sputnik/ANI): The Afghan government and the Taliban discussed the exchange of prisoners during a rare video conference to pave the way for a broader peace agenda, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said.
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Afghan President Ghani signs decree to release Taliban prisoners
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 11 (ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday signed a much-awaited decree that would facilitate the release of the Taliban prisoners.
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Afghanistan lodges protest with Pakistan over Qureshi's comments on its 'i
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 3 (ANI): Afghanistan on Tuesday lodged a formal protest with Pakistan over Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi's recent remarks with regards to the release of Taliban prisoners following the signing of US Taliban deal.
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Afghan President says Kabul has no commitment to release 5,000 Taliban pri
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Mar 1 (Sputnik/ANI): Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Sunday that Kabul did not take the commitment to release 5,000 Taliban prisoners as a precondition for the intra-Afghan talks.
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Afghanistan to release 1 Haqqani network, 2 Taliban terrorists in prisoner
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov 12 (ANI): The Afghan government will release two Taliban terrorists and a top member of the Haqqani network group in a swap to free an American and an Australian professor held by the Taliban, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Tuesday.
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Amid peace talks, Kabul releases more than 200 Taliban prisoners
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Jun 11 (ANI): At least 170 Taliban prisoners have been released from the Pul-e-Charkhi and another 130 jail inmates are expected to be freed on Tuesday, a move that has come when peace talks are underway to end the nearly-two decades-long civil war in Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan: 83 civilians rescued from Taliban prison
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Faryab Province [Afghanistan], Jun 6 [ANI]: At least 83 people were freed from a Taliban prison in Qaisar district in Faryab province on Wednesday night, said the Afghan force.
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