Afghan government has revealed a detailed list of Taliban prisoners held by it. According to the government’s list, most of the inmates were from the four provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, Nangarhar and Farah, the media reported.
The list, which was prepared by the National Security Council, seen by TOLO News on Monday shows that the prisoners from all 34 provinces have been released.
It indicates that the least number of prisoners were from Panjshir, Bamiyan and Nuristan.
Sources close to the Taliban said there has been progress in recent days on the release of 592 prisoners about whom there were disagreements between the government and the militant group.
The Afghan government has so far released at least 4,200 Taliban members, while the militants have freed 845 detained security forces.
The process is intended to be followed by the intra-Afghan negotiations once the government completes the release of 5,000 Taliban prisoners and the Taliban releases 1,000 inmates.
The prisoner swap had hit various roadblocks. The govt and the Taliban are yet to release the last batch of prisoners. Taliban has repeatedly turned down the government’s demand to renew the prisoner list.
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