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FARAKHABAR: Abdullah’s Remarks About Release of Taliban Prisoners

Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, on Friday criticized the Taliban for not ending violence in the country and thus preventing the peace process from moving forward.

He made the remarks at the end of a four-day meeting titled "Strengthening Regional and International Consensus" attended by representatives of at least 20 countries and international organizations, including the United States and the United Nations.

Referring to the prisoner release, Abdullah said: “We will get to the number, 5,000. I had discussions with President Ghani in that regard and spoke about it earlier in detail. That’s part of the phase...which is confidence-building measures and we need to move from this phase to the next, which is the phase of engagement but in between also the level of violence which is unacceptable is mainly caused by the Taliban,” Abdullah said.

In this episode host Yaser Abrar discusses the topic with the following guests:

Fardin Hashimi, head of Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Research and Development Studies

Waqif Hakimi, MP

Farakhabar

FARAKHABAR: Abdullah’s Remarks About Release of Taliban Prisoners

Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, on Friday criticized the Taliban for not ending violence in the country and thus preventing the peace process from moving forward.

He made the remarks at the end of a four-day meeting titled "Strengthening Regional and International Consensus" attended by representatives of at least 20 countries and international organizations, including the United States and the United Nations.

Referring to the prisoner release, Abdullah said: “We will get to the number, 5,000. I had discussions with President Ghani in that regard and spoke about it earlier in detail. That’s part of the phase...which is confidence-building measures and we need to move from this phase to the next, which is the phase of engagement but in between also the level of violence which is unacceptable is mainly caused by the Taliban,” Abdullah said.

In this episode host Yaser Abrar discusses the topic with the following guests:

Fardin Hashimi, head of Afghanistan Institute for Strategic Research and Development Studies

Waqif Hakimi, MP

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