(L to R) US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad and Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar sign a peace agreement during a ceremony in the Qatari capital Doha on February 29, 2020. - The United States signed a landmark deal with the Taliban, laying out a timetable for a full troop withdrawal from Afghanistan within 14 months as it seeks an exit from its longest-ever war. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP) (Photo by GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images)

US, Taliban to Swap Prisoners ahead of Intra-Afghan Talks

نشر في Mar 1, 2020

The US and the Taliban agreed to swap thousands of prisoners in a “confidence building measure” as part of a landmark deal on Afghanistan’s future signed in Doha on Saturday.

“Up to 5,000 prisoners of the (Taliban)… and 1,000 prisoners of the other side (Afghan forces) will be released by March 10,” the deal said.

Dialogue between the Kabul government and the Taliban is due to begin by that date.

Source: AFP

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