The Afghan government has asked the Taliban to provide a new list for the prisoners who have not been released so far, but the Taliban has insisted on the release of their prisoners based on an existing list, sources close to the group said Sunday.

The Afghan government has so far released 4,080 Taliban prisoners and is currently refusing to free 597 detainees of the group, which is postponing the much-awaited intra-Afghan negotiations.

A “special ceremony” is expected to be held in the northern province of Jawzjan to award marshal rank to former vice president Abdul Rashid Dostum, his aides said, adding that President Ashraf Ghani has also been invited to attend the event.

On July 3, a decree of President Ghani promoting Dostum to marshal rank was leaked to the media. The decree was signed on June 10.