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Afghan negotiating team to leave for Doha Wednesday, talks to begin Sunday

Afghan Voce Agency(AVA) , 10 Aug 2020 - 16:43

Afghan negotiating team is expected to travel to Doha on Wednesday for talks with the Taliban which will begin on Sunday, a source told 1TV.


Meanwhile, a source told 1TV that President Ashraf Ghani would sign the decree to release 400 “hard-core” Taliban prisoners late on Monday.
The Taliban have said that they would sit for talks within a week once their prisoners are released.
Under the US-Taliban deal signed in February, intra-Afghan talks were expected to begin on March 10. However, dispute over release of Taliban prisoners as a precondition delayed the talks.
The Afghan government freed 4,600 out of 5,000 Taliban prisoners the group were demanding and it convened a grand assembly, known as Loya Jirga, over the fate of 400 “hard-core” Taliban prisoners, which approved their release.


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