KABUL, 26 December, 2020, (TON): The Taliban announced the release of 30 imprisoned Afghan security personnel on Thursday in the southern Kandahar province's Panjwai district.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the group, did not provide further details about the freed prisoners, but it appeared the decision was based on an order from the Taliban's leadership.
Earlier this year, the Afghan government has released 5,000 Taliban prisoners in exchange for the Taliban releasing around 1,000 Afghan security forces under a deal agreed that allowed US troops to return home and was meant to set the stage for negotiations between the Afghan parties on a new political settlement.
The prisoner swap was part of the terms of a separate US-Taliban deal signed in February.
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