The fate of these 400 taliban has been one of the main obstacles to the start of the negotiations, repeatedly repulsed, between the insurgents and the afghan government.
The afghan authorities announced Friday that they had started to release the 400 prisoners the taliban whose release must allow the beginning of negotiations for peace. The spokesperson for the national security Council, Javid Faisal, has tweeted that a group of 80 detainees had been released on Thursday, which will “accelerate the efforts for direct talks and a cease-fire sustainable and nationally”.
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The fate of these 400 taliban has been one of the main obstacles to the start of the negotiations, repeatedly repulsed, between the insurgents and the afghan government, which was committed to proceed prior to an exchange of prisoners. A “loya jirga”, a large assembly of afghan made up of thousands of dignitaries, state officials and tribal leaders agreed Sunday to the principle of the release of the 400 taliban.
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“A danger to the world”
on Monday evening, president Ashraf Ghani has signed a decree ordering their release, announced its services. Some of the prisoners have, however, been implicated in lethal attacks that have killed Afghans and foreigners, including many French, and 44 are particularly monitored by the United States and other countries for their role in attacks on targets of the first plan.
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Kabul has already released nearly 5,000 taliban, but the afghan authorities had so far refused to free the last 400 of the captives claimed by the insurgents. The release of “hardened criminals” and drug dealers will “likely pose a danger to us, for (the United States) and for the world”, warned Thursday Ashraf Ghani during a video conference organised by a centre of reflection of Washington, the Council on Foreign Relations. Peace has a cost, and with this release “we pay the biggest payment, which means that the peace will be consequences”, he said.
