Afghanistan frees hundreds of militants of the terrorist Taliban (banned in Russia) in order to hold peace talks. It is reported by CNN.
The corresponding decree was signed by President Ashraf Ghani. According to close sources, the authorities are going to release 400 of the Taliban and members of the Afghan national security forces.
In Afghanistan, the ongoing exchange of prisoners between the authorities and terrorists. Some of the militants refused to release due to the severity of their crimes — for this reason, the question asked you to solve the national Assembly of people’s representatives of the country.
On 29 February, the U.S. and the Taliban for the first time in more than 18 years of war, concluded a peace Treaty in a ceremony in Doha, Qatar, the. The document should lead to peace in Afghanistan, according to him, between the authorities and militants should be the exchange of prisoners. U.S. Secretary of state Michael Pompeo called on the Taliban to deliver on the promise of breaking ties with “al-Qaeda” and support the fight against “Islamic state” (both organizations are banned in Russia).
The Taliban was formed in 1994 in the midst of the Afghan war. In 1996-2001, the militants were in power in the country, and after the overthrow in 2001, began to conduct a guerrilla war with government troops and NATO forces in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Currently, the Taliban and the government trying to find ways to reach a political compromise.
