The Afghan Government on May 31, confirmed the release of 3,000 Taliban prisoners from different prisons across the country so far, reports Bakhtar News. Javed Faisal, spokesman for the National Security Council (NSC), said they had released 1,000 more Taliban prisoners over the past two days. The Taliban inmates were set free from different prisons of the country, but most of them walked free from Pul-i-Charkhi and Bagram jails, Fiasal said, adding the remaining 710 were freed on May 30-31.
On the other hand, the Taliban have also released 150 Government prisoners over the past two days in different provinces of the country. Taliban’s ‘political office spokesman’ Suhail Shaheen said they had released 420 government prisoners so far. For its part, the government also acknowledged its prisoners had also released been freed by the Taliban.