The US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad on October 28, met with senior Taliban members in Doha (Qatar) including the group’s ‘deputy leader’ Abdul Ghani Baradar and the two sides discussed issues around the implementation of US-Taliban peace agreement and the release of remaining prisoners, said Taliban ‘spokesman’ Mohammad Naeem, reports Tolo News. He said they also discussed the termination of the blacklist, the causes of the increase in the level of violence. But, an Afghan government spokesman said that the Taliban’s demand for release of more prisoners has no importance for it. “What the Taliban has said and showed in action have weakened the peace process," Presidential Spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said. "The continuation of violence and expressing strange statements and even raising the issue of prisoners itself creates barriers for peace." The Afghan Government has released 5,600 Taliban prisoners as part of conditions ahead of the peace negotiations.