{"id":94299,"date":"2020-03-02T08:02:02","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T08:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/lib\/taliban-demand-release-of-prisoners-warn-of-attacks\/"},"modified":"2020-03-02T08:02:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T08:02:02","slug":"taliban-demand-release-of-prisoners-warn-of-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/taliban-demand-release-of-prisoners-warn-of-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban demand release of prisoners, warn of attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KABUL (SW) – The Taliban will not participate in intra-Afghan talks until roughly 5,000 of its prisoners are released, its spokesman said on Monday.<\/p>\n

"If our 5,000 prisoners – 100 or 200 more or less does not matter – do not get released there will be no intra-Afghan talks," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told Reuters by phone.<\/p>\n

A pact signed between the United States and the Taliban in Doha on Saturday said that up to 5,000 jailed Taliban would be released by March 10, however Afghan president Ashraf Ghani on Sunday rejected the demand.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the AFP reported that the Taliban said Monday they were resuming offensive operations against Afghan security forces, ending the partial truce that preceded the signing of a deal between the insurgents and Washington.<\/p>\n

The declaration comes only a day after President Ashraf Ghani said he would continue the partial truce at least until talks between Afghan officials and the Taliban kick-off, supposedly on March 10.<\/p>\n

It ran for one week ahead of the signing of the historic accord in Doha on Saturday, and continued over the weekend. "The reduction in violence… has ended now and our operations will continue as normal," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told AFP.<\/p>\n

Under the terms of the deal, foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months, subject to Taliban security guarantees and a pledge by the insurgents to hold talks with the Kabul government.<\/p>\n

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