KABUL (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 09th July, 2020) Taliban militants on Thursday released 15 soldiers and one police officer in central Afghanistan, spokesman for the movement Suheil Shaheen said.
"Today, 15 soldiers and a policeman of the Kabul administration were released from the prisons of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan [Taliban] in Ghor and returned to their families after receiving help," Shaheen wrote on Twitter.
The release is part of a phased prisoner exchange between the central government and Kabul, which was agreed on the heels of the US-Taliban peace process agreement.
