Afghanistan: Ghani signs decree to release 1,500 Taliban fighters
Decree says all the released Taliban prisoners will provide ‘a written guarantee to not return to the battlefield’.
According to Al-Jazeera News, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has signed a decree to release 1,500 Taliban prisoners as a move to launch direct talks with the armed group to end the 18-year war in Afghanistan. Foreign Affairs Magazine Subscription in Pakistan
According to a copy of the two-page decree seen by Reuters news agency late on Tuesday night, all released Taliban prisoners will have to provide “a written guarantee to not return to the battlefield”.
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