The Afghan government on Tuesday released around 900 Taliban prisoners, according to the National Security Council.

The 900 prisoners were released from different prisons across the country, mainly from Pul-e-Charkhi Prison in Kabul and Bagram Prison in Parwan province.

A probe team led by Iran's deputy Foreign Minister Mohsin Baharwand on Tuesday met with Haneef Atmar, Afghanistan's acting foreign minister, and the two sides discussed issues around the investigation of the border incident, the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

On May 22, the Afghan Foreign Ministry said that talks between Afghan border commissioners and Iran concerning last month's alleged drowning of Afghan migrants by the Iranian border police ended without results on Friday.