The Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) on July 13 said that the Afghan Government has released 180 Taliban prisoners from Afghan prisons for the peace process on July 12, reports bhaktarnews.com on July 13. Hashmatullah Nateq head of media relations at the ONSC confirmed, in an interview with BNA, that 180 Taliban prisoners were released from prisons in Afghanistan to facilitate the peace process. Nateq added that 180 Taliban prisoners, includes the list of 5,000 Taliban, were released yesterday, bringing the total to 4,199.