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Kandahar, July 15 (EFE).- The Taliban have offered a three-month ceasefire in exchange for the release of 7,000 insurgent prisoners, the Afghan government said Thursday, amid sweeping territorial gains by the Islamist militia in the war-ravaged country.Nader Nadery, an Afghan government negotiator, told reporters that the Taliban had presented them a three-month ceasefire.(Camera: MUHAMMAD SADIQ)SHOT LIST: SECURITY IN THE STREETS OF KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN.
Kabul (Afghanistan), Aug 9 (EFE), (Camera: Jawed Kargar).- A large assembly of elder statemen and political veterans called by the Afghanistan government decided Sunday the release of the last 400 Taliban prisoners to begin the peace talks.FOOTAGE OF THE ASSEMBLY.
Kabul, Aug 7 (EFE), (Camera: Jawed Kargar).- A grand consultative meeting of tribal elders, community leaders, and politicians began in Afghanistan on Friday to discuss the fate of 400 controversial Taliban prisoners, whose release will pave the way for intra-Afghan talks between the government and rebels.More than 3,200 participants from various social groups and political parties from across the country are attending the grand assembly, also known as loya jirga, in Kabul under tight security measures.Some 30 percent of the participants are women.The meeting convened by the government will advise President Ashraf Ghani on the release of the Taliban prisoners.FOOTAGE OF THE ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY.
Taliban insurgents in central Afghanistan broke into a mud fort prison and released hundreds of inmates including scores described as a national security threat. Mana Rabiee reports.
The Taliban have freed two Americans in detention in Afghanistan, the State Department says, on the same day that the militant faced condemnation for banning women at universities. "This, we understand, to have been a goodwill gesture on the part of the Taliban. This was not part of any swap of prisoners or detainees. There was no money that exchanged hands," State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
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