The National Security Council (NSC) spokesman Jawed Faisal announced that Afghan Government on May 11 temporarily stopped the release of Taliban prisoners, saying the Taliban must bring its total number of released security force members to 200, while so far they have only "freed 105", reports Tolo News. However, following Faisal's announcement, Taliban ‘spokesman’ Suhail Shaheen said that the group released 53 prisoners of the Afghan Government on May 11 and in Badghis and Faryab Provinces on May 10. The Afghan Government contends that although the Taliban has released a higher number of detainees, not all of them are from Afghan government security forces. The Government, according to the NSC spokesman Jawed Faisal, has so far released 1,000 Taliban prisoners. According to Faisal, Taliban has released 171 prisoners among whom are 105 are security and defense force members, and the remaining are not members of the Afghan Security Forces.