Afghan president Ashraf Ghani said a government delegation was 'ready to immediately start the peace talks' with the insurgents.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani began a process Sunday to release up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture after the insurgents proposed a surprise ceasefire during the Eid holiday.
The decision to release the prisoners was a"goodwill gesture" and was taken"to ensure success of the peace process", Ghani's spokesman Sediq Sediqqi said on Twitter. Before Sunday's announcement, Kabul had already released about 1,000 Taliban inmates while the insurgents had freed roughly 300 members of the Afghan security forces.
Ghani said a government delegation was"ready to immediately start the peace talks" with the insurgents. The militants' offer of a truce came just days after leader Haibatullah Akhundzada urged Washington"not to waste" the opportunity offered by the deal with the US that set the stage for the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country after more than 18 years.
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