Presidential Advisor Waheed Omer on March 16 said the proposed list of Taliban prisoners is being assessed and that the inmates will be released gradually in installments, reports Tolo News. But, he added, the release of prisoners will only happen if the intra-Afghan negotiations begin and a significant reduction in violence is observed. Omer also said that no Taliban prisoner would be released without a guarantee. “We are reviewing the Taliban prisoner list. The release of the prisoners is not that all 5,000 prisoners will be released at once. It will take time so that we can learn about the crimes for which each has been imprisoned,” Omer said.