The Taliban released another 14 Afghan captives, including Kabul administration soldiers and police officers. Taliban spokesman Suheil Shaheen announced on Twitter.
"Another group of 14 soldiers and policemen of the Kabul Administration were released from prisons of the Islamic Emirate in Logar, Nangarhar, and Nooristan provinces and sent to their families," Shaheen wrote.
Earlier, the head of the Afghan National Security Council, Javid Faisal, announced the release of more than 3,000 Taliban captives by the authorities. The Taliban are demanding the release of 5,000, as stipulated in a peace deal with the United States.
A peace agreement between the United States and the Taliban that would put an end to 18 years of war in the country got signed in late February in Doha, the political capital of the Taliban, in Qatar. The agreement calls for the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the cessation of hostilities, the release of captives by the Afghan government and Taliban, and the start of inter-Afghan talks between the parties.
