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MEHWAR: US Welcomes Ghani's Pledge to Release Prisoners

The United States and the Taliban welcomed the Afghan government’s pledge on Sunday to release up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture in response to the Taliban's announcement on Saturday evening of a three-day ceasefire for Eid.

President Ashraf Ghani in a tweet said that the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo phoned him and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, and “thanked the Afghan government for initiating the brave process of releasing up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners,” Ghani said in a tweet.
"(Pompeo) asserted that the US will push for a long-term ceasefire/RiV and the start of direct negotiations,” Ghani said.

In this episode, host Wahid Ahmadi discusses the topic with Nasrullah Stanekzai, lecturer at Kabul University, and Mawlana Jalaluddin Shenwari, attorney general during the Taliban regime.

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MEHWAR: US Welcomes Ghani's Pledge to Release Prisoners

The United States and the Taliban welcomed the Afghan government’s pledge on Sunday to release up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture in response to the Taliban's announcement on Saturday evening of a three-day ceasefire for Eid.

President Ashraf Ghani in a tweet said that the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo phoned him and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, head of the High Council for National Reconciliation, and “thanked the Afghan government for initiating the brave process of releasing up to 2,000 Taliban prisoners,” Ghani said in a tweet.
"(Pompeo) asserted that the US will push for a long-term ceasefire/RiV and the start of direct negotiations,” Ghani said.

In this episode, host Wahid Ahmadi discusses the topic with Nasrullah Stanekzai, lecturer at Kabul University, and Mawlana Jalaluddin Shenwari, attorney general during the Taliban regime.

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